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Africa: As the African Union Turns 20, It Must Speak With One Voice
ISS, 10 January 2022
The February African Union summit should tackle vaccines and travel bans, climate change misperceptions and AU financing. Read more »
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Africa: Will 2022 See an End to AU Peace Fund Delays?
ISS, 12 January 2022
Thirty years after it was established, funds for tackling Africa's peace and security priorities have yet to be used. Read more »
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African Union, 30 December 2021
Representatives from AU Member States, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Civil Society leaders of Africa gathered virtually from 14 - 15 December 2021 for training on the… Read more »
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Africa: Official Launch of the African Union Centre for Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development
African Union, 29 December 2021
The African Union Centre for Post-conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD) was officially launched on Tuesday 21 December 2021 in Cairo, Egypt. The launch was officiated by… Read more »
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Africa: AU - Covid-19 Offers 'Historic Opportunity' for New Public Health Order ... to Counter Future Crisis
Ghanaian Times, 16 December 2021
The African Union (AU) Commission on Tuesday said the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic offers a "historic opportunity" to build a new public health order in Africa to counter future… Read more »
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Africa: AU Peace, Security Council - Member States Examine Challenges
Cameroon Tribune, 15 December 2021
External Relations Minister, Mbella Mbella led the Cameroonian delegation at the video conference which held on December 14, 2021. Read more »
African Union Needs to Speak with One Voice as it Turns 20
The continental body consisting of 55 member states was officially launched in 2002 as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity that existed from 1963 to 1999.
A report for the Institute for Security Studies states that there is increasing pressure for the AU to perform better, and that the upcoming heads of state summit from February 5-6, 2022 will be crucial. Following the election of two commissioners in October 2021, the new AU Commission is now fully operational and must show progress on implementing long-running reforms, the report says.
InFocus
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The African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Council said in a statement that it has endorsed an independent assessment team's recommendation for a hybrid operation that would ... Read more »
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Sudanese security forces arrested demonstrators in Khartoum on Wednesday, including three leading pro-democracy activists, as the World Bank and the African Union took steps to ... Read more »
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The international community should rally around former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo's African Union-led peace mission in Ethiopia, or risk all-out civil war, and even a ... Read more »
