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...
Vol 47 No 14 | AFRICAN UNION Pomp and patronage 7th July 2006 For host President Yahya Jammeh, the Banjul summit was the most successful African Union meeting ever. With 33 heads of state in Banjul, it was one of the...
Vol 47 No 11 | SUDANAFRICAN UNIONBRITAIN Konaré's stopover 26th May 2006 NATO had offered to provide 'substantial support' to the African Union in Darfur under new arrangements to strengthen its peacekeeping operation there, said a communiqué following discussions by...
Vol 47 No 3 | AFRICAN UNION Human wrongs 3rd February 2006 Sudan's failed bid to win the chair of the AU keeps peace and security issues off the agenda The African Union's credibility took a beating at its Khartoum summit on 23-24 January. The meeting was dominated by the Sudanese regime's attempt to secure the chairmanship, withdrawn...
Vol 46 No 14 | AFRICAN UNION Debt and security 8th July 2005 Starting inauspiciously with a call by host and Libyan leader Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi to African leaders 'not to beg at the doorstep to reduce debt', the African...