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...
Vol 48 No 14 | AFRICAN UNION Nkrumah's second coming 6th July 2007 Fifty years after Ghana's leader mooted plans for a United States of Africa, the Accra summit replays the arguments without conclusion Supporters of Ghana's founding President, Kwame Nkrumah, found the African Union summit in Accra on 1-3 July both a tribute and a huge frustration. Billed as the 'Grand...
Vol 48 No 14 | AFRICAN UNION The Gadaffi caravan moves on 6th July 2007 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...
Vol 48 No 3 | AFRICAN UNION The snubbing of Sudan 2nd February 2007 Delegates bar President Omer from the AU Chairmanship but fail to step up pressure for UN peacekeepers in Darfur As a majority of African states faced down the efforts of Sudan, Egypt and the Arab League to win the African Union Chairmanship for Sudan's President Omer Hassan...
Vol 48 No 3 | GHANAAFRICAN UNION Ghana's gain 2nd February 2007 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 | AFRICAN UNION How to run a continent 19th January 2007 Grand plans for a new African development agency are on the agenda for the AU summit on 22-24 January Like many, Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade thinks the African Union's New Partnership for Africa's Development (NePAD) has failed after five years of existence. Wade was at the heart...
Vol 47 No 25 | AFRICAN UNION Peace and security 15th December 2006 The African Union faces a double test – in Sudan and now in Somalia On paper, the AU has the right - even the duty - to intervene in the crises of its members. The worst problems are now in north-east Africa:...
Vol 47 No 21 | AFRICAN UNIONNEPAD Contretemps 20th October 2006 The rivalry between the African Union (AU) and the New Programme for Africa's Economic Development (NePAD) resurfaced at a conference on China in Africa, organised by the South...
Vol 47 No 14 | AFRICAN UNION Posturing outweighs the policy 7th July 2006 The Banjul summit failed to make progress on the main security and economic issues facing Africa A week of African Union meetings in Banjul helps to explain why energetic Chairman Alpha Oumar Konaré is telling friends that he won't seek a second term next...