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Africa: Suspense Ahead of Crucial AU Elections
ISS, 25 January 2016
Traditionally, elections at the African Union (AU) Commission and for structures like the Peace and Security Council (PSC) don't raise much interest beyond the small circle of AU… Read more »
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Africa: 26th AU Summit - Women's Rights Beyond Promises and Paper Tigers
ISS, 27 January 2016
The African Union's (AU) theme for 2016 is 'Human rights, with a particular focus on the rights of women'. Read more »
Suspense Ahead of Crucial AU Elections
At this week's 26th AU Summit in Addis Ababa, all 15 members of the Peace and Security Council will be re-elected, and for the first time there is some real uncertainty over who gets these positions, write Liesl Louw-Vaudran and Yann Bedzigui for the Institute for Security Studies.
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In his farewell speech capping a historic trip to Kenya and Ethiopia, U.S. President Barack Obama has hailed Africa's progress, while noting that it can only be sustained through ... Read more »
