The divisions that led to the recent summit of the pan-African body failing to elect new commissioners to guide its affairs are signs that the union could well be sliding back to the days of the one-dimensional Organisation of African Unity, writes Desmond Davies When the African Union was launched with great fanfare in Durban [...]
The independence of South Sudan last month should be tempered by the huge development task facing the new nation and its unresolved relationship with the north government, writes Desmond Davies The euphoria and pomp and pageantry that heralded an independent Republic of South Sudan on July 9 are over. In splitting from Sudan in the [...]
Three powerful NATO countries have announced that Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi could stay in Libya if he is willing to step down from his 42-year reign of power. The International Criminal Court (ICC), who issued an arrest warrant against him in June, is saying that he can’t be left in Libya. The question now is: [...]
The worst drought in two decades has left about 11 million East Africans in acute need of food and water. Western NGOs are urging people to donate money while images of malnourished children appear on the world’s TV screens. Is Africa still the helpless and weak continent the media portrayed it to be twenty years [...]
The African Union and their European counterparts are working together as equal partners in a move to spread democracy and economic progress across Africa. The joint Africa-EU strategic partnership moved towards a shared agenda during their 5th annual College-to-College session in Brussels where they discussed the two issues which are of present concern, especially with [...]
The ability of Africans to speak for themselves was called into focus again recently when leaders from the African Union, (AU) led by South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma weighed in on attempts to broker a peace deal in Libya. No sooner had it been reported that Muammar Gaddafi had accepted an AU led peace proposal, [...]
In the latest edition of NAA we report on the status and role of the African Union, who have been frustrated in their efforts to deal with the Libyan crisis; the organisation have not been taken seriously. However, it seems hardly surprising that this is the case given their lack of effective action in the [...]
The ability of Africans to speak for themselves came into focus again this week, when those that should speak for them gave their answers. Leaders from the African Union, and those in the international community of nations, all weighed in to current attempts to broker a peace deal in Libya, while the Libyan people and [...]
Political crisis especially in sub-Saharan Africa have been a cause for worry since the early 1960s when most countries attained political independence. As for instance with the recent case of Cote D’Ivoire, the potential backlash of which, if not properly handled may threaten the very fabric of the regional body, the Economic Community of West [...]
Events in North Africa, sparked by the Jasmine Revolution, that have already swept away the regimes in Egypt and Tunisia may have taken the world by surprise. But now leaders across Africa have the chance to stand beside Africa’s citizens in their call for greater democracy on our continent. Africa’s foremost democracy institute, IDASA has [...]
