Africa: Past and Future Challenges of the AU

18 May 2012

interview By Lorraine Kazondovi

With the upcoming anniversary of the African Union on May 25, New Era interviewed Special Advisor on Foreign Affairs to President Hifikepunye Pohamba, Ambassador Tuliameni Kalomoh, about the successes and failures of the African Union (AU). One of the questions is about the AU's involvement in conflict resolution in Libya, Sudan and Somalia, among others. In the interview with New Era's Lorraine Kazondovi, Ambassador Kalomoh emphasised he was speaking in his personal capacity.

Could the AU partly carry the blame for the eventual deposition and death of Colonel Gaddafi, especially in view of its delay in timeously carrying out its initiative regarding the Libyan issue?

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