African Union
news by category: African Union
Found 18 articles.
- Vol 51 No 3
- 05/02/2010
No one writes to the Colonel
After blocking Gadaffi’s bid for a second term as AU Chairman, the summiteers toughened their anti-coup rules and called for peacekeepers in Somalia
- Vol 50 No 12
- 12/06/2009
The other Pan-Africanists
The Pan-African Parliament is seeking greater powers, clashing with Gadaffi's proposals for a continent-wide government
- Vol 50 No 3
- 06/02/2009
Diversions and deviations at the Summit
Pressing issues on Somalia, Sudan and the global financial crisis were sidelined by a protracted argument about continental government
- Vol 50 No 3
- 06/02/2009
The summit divides over unity
Once again, the question of a Union Government of Africa and its leading proponent, Libya's Moammar el Gadaffi, have dominated an African Union summit. Again, Colonel Gadaffi's insistence that the AU move towards an immediate declaration of continental u...
- Vol 48 No 14
- 06/07/2007
Nkrumah's second coming
Fifty years after Ghana's leader mooted plans for a United States of Africa, the Accra summit replays the arguments without conclusion
- Vol 48 No 14
- 06/07/2007
The Gadaffi caravan moves on
More than any other leader at the summit, apart from host John Kufuor, the Libyan leader, Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi, had prepared meticulously for the Grand Debate. As the self-proclaimed author of the African Union in 2002, El Gadaffi has been pressi...
- Vol 48 No 3
- 02/02/2007
The snubbing of Sudan
Delegates bar President Omer from the AU Chairmanship but fail to step up pressure for UN peacekeepers in Darfur
- Vol 48 No 3
- 02/02/2007
Ghana's gain
The election of President John Kufuor to the Chairmanship of the African Union was a personal victory for his Foreign Minister and presidential aspirant, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
- Vol 48 No 2
- 19/01/2007
How to run a continent
Grand plans for a new African development agency are on the agenda for the AU summit on 22-24 January
- Vol 47 No 25
- 15/12/2006
Peace and security
The African Union faces a double test – in Sudan and now in Somalia
Alternatively, 
Sign up to receive fortnightly email alerts listing the latest headlines, with extra news and commentaries from Africa Confidential's Editor, Patrick Smith.
Visit 
Request a printed example of our fortnightly Africa Confidential newsletter
