- Vol 54 No 3
- 1st February 2013
Pushing a more vigorous development agenda and efficient administration, Dlamini-Zuma has won plaudits since taking over as AU chief
- Vol 54 No 3
- 1st February 2013
Much is riding for South Africa on the performance of its former Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as Chairwoman of the African Union Commission. So far the news is broadly good for the diplomatic strategists in the Union Building in Tshwane.
- Vol 53 No 15
- 19th July 2012
South Africa finally won the battle for the AU Commission chair, amid high hopes for reform and more effective interventions
- Vol 53 No 15
- 19th July 2012
Just hours before voting began for the new chairperson of the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa on 15 July, veteran diplomats were predicting a repeat of the deadlock that had happened at the January summit. Their view was that South Africa’s challe...
- Vol 53 No 11
- 25th May 2012
Efforts to negotiate a compromise between Gabon and South Africa over the contest for the presidency of the African Union Commission are faltering. This is unlikely to be resolved at July’s AU summit in Lilongwe, and instead fresh elections will be held ...
- Vol 52 No 3
- 4th February 2011
Kenyan and Sudanese officials are claiming victory in their battle against the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
- Vol 52 No 3
- 4th February 2011
Journalists at the African Union conference centre in Addis
Ababa determinedly intruded on private grief as they quizzed the
Egyptian Foreign Minister's press officer about just how
many more days President Hosni Mubarak would survive in
office. The t...
- Vol 51 No 3
- 5th February 2010
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
- 12th June 2009
The Pan-African Parliament is seeking greater powers, clashing with Gadaffi's proposals for a continent-wide government
- Vol 50 No 3
- 6th February 2009
Pressing issues on Somalia, Sudan and the global financial crisis were sidelined by a protracted argument about continental government