African Union

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 The meeting was dominated by the Sudanese regime's attempt to secure the chairmanship, withdrawn...

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...

Some African leaders don't want their political behaviour monitored. That is inconvenient for the New Partnership for Africa's Development: its central premise was that Africa should set its...

South Africa won a narrow points victory in the battles surrounding the launching of the African Union (AC Vol 42 No 14) in Durban this week. At stake...