The AU’s glossy new headquarters conceals the site’s notorious past as an execution chamber and burial ground for dissidents, vagrants and criminals The concrete skeleton of the new African Union (AU) headquarters tower rises like a blade against the Addis Ababa...
Instead of toppling autocrats across Africa, the AU’s lip service to democracy props them up Critics have long argued that the African Union (AU) supports the authoritarian rule of many of the leaders of its member countries. They say it is little more than an old...
US President-elect Donald Trump © George Skidmore, Flickr Donald Trump’s “America first” election posturing gave some insight as to how his administration might handle trade relations with the continent In November 2016, the United States (US) concluded one of...
Resource governance is crucial to growth © Helge Fahrnberger A new natural resource governance vision aims to build Africa’s economies through cooperation between the extractives industry and the continent’s other economic sectors Over the past five years, the African...
The $200 million AU HQ in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia © Albert Gonzàlez Farran/UNAMID China’s presence on the continent may seem domineering, but its contributions to growth and security might be invaluable China intensifying its engagement with the African Union (AU) is...
Britain leaving the EU sent shockwaves worldwide © Mick Baker, Flickr The UK’s unexpected exit from the EU raises questions about whether the AU’s lofty integration ideals resonate with ordinary Africans On 24 June 2016, the world awoke to the unexpected news that the...
A 2013 sitting of the AU, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia © Albert González Farran, UNAMID It seems unfair that the AU is held to higher standards than other regional blocs, when it sometimes accomplishes more The African Union (AU) has often been subjected to a barrage of...
Senegalese peacekeepers train in North Darfur, Sudan © Alberto Gonzalez Farran/UN Photo Despite being proposed in 2003, the African Standby Force is still not ready to hit the ground running For Africa, after the fall of the Soviet Union and the much-vaunted “end of...
Inconsistent funding partners’ uncoordinated missions and lagging member states hinder the AU’s counter-terrorism measures Continuous bloodletting by extremist groups in Africa in recent years has brought into question the African Union’s (AU) capability and...
A new self-funding scheme aims to decrease the AU’s dependence on donor funding, but how realistic is it? Since independence half a century ago, African leaders have periodically launched continent-wide initiatives aimed at reducing and eventually ending the...
The AU’s glossy new headquarters conceals the site’s notorious past as an execution chamber and burial ground for dissidents, vagrants and criminals The concrete skeleton of the new African Union (AU) headquarters tower rises like a blade against the Addis Ababa...
Instead of toppling autocrats across Africa, the AU’s lip service to democracy props them up Critics have long argued that the African Union (AU) supports the authoritarian rule of many of the leaders of its member countries. They say it is little more than an old...
US President-elect Donald Trump © George Skidmore, Flickr Donald Trump’s “America first” election posturing gave some insight as to how his administration might handle trade relations with the continent In November 2016, the United States (US) concluded one of...
Resource governance is crucial to growth © Helge Fahrnberger A new natural resource governance vision aims to build Africa’s economies through cooperation between the extractives industry and the continent’s other economic sectors Over the past five years, the African...
The $200 million AU HQ in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia © Albert Gonzàlez Farran/UNAMID China’s presence on the continent may seem domineering, but its contributions to growth and security might be invaluable China intensifying its engagement with the African Union (AU) is...
Britain leaving the EU sent shockwaves worldwide © Mick Baker, Flickr The UK’s unexpected exit from the EU raises questions about whether the AU’s lofty integration ideals resonate with ordinary Africans On 24 June 2016, the world awoke to the unexpected news that the...
A 2013 sitting of the AU, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia © Albert González Farran, UNAMID It seems unfair that the AU is held to higher standards than other regional blocs, when it sometimes accomplishes more The African Union (AU) has often been subjected to a barrage of...
Senegalese peacekeepers train in North Darfur, Sudan © Alberto Gonzalez Farran/UN Photo Despite being proposed in 2003, the African Standby Force is still not ready to hit the ground running For Africa, after the fall of the Soviet Union and the much-vaunted “end of...
Inconsistent funding partners’ uncoordinated missions and lagging member states hinder the AU’s counter-terrorism measures Continuous bloodletting by extremist groups in Africa in recent years has brought into question the African Union’s (AU) capability and...
A new self-funding scheme aims to decrease the AU’s dependence on donor funding, but how realistic is it? Since independence half a century ago, African leaders have periodically launched continent-wide initiatives aimed at reducing and eventually ending the...
