Vol 3 (AAC) No 1 | AFRICAN UNION René N'guettia Kouassi 26th November 2009 Director, African Union Department of Economic Affairs By offering an alternative source of financing and diplomatic support, China has become a useful bargaining chip for African countries. Sounding a note of caution to African policy-makers is the African...
Vol 50 No 12 | AFRICAN UNION The other Pan-Africanists 12th June 2009 The Pan-African Parliament is seeking greater powers, clashing with Gadaffi's proposals for a continent-wide government Amid the calls for an immediate union government for Africa by Libya's Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi, this year’s African Union Chairman, many overlook the existence of the Pan-African...
Vol 50 No 3 | AFRICAN UNION Diversions and deviations at the Summit 6th February 2009 Pressing issues on Somalia, Sudan and the global financial crisis were sidelined by a protracted argument about continental government 'At least our meetings with Libya's Moammar el Gadaffi as Chairman won't be boring', said one official ruefully at the African Union's 1-4 February summit in Addis...
Vol 50 No 3 | AFRICAN UNION The summit divides over unity 6th February 2009 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...