Tag: African Union (AU)

Burkina Faso coup. Picture credit: Vincent Bado/Reuters The rate of military interventions in politics and the boldness of the military ...

Coups in Africa. Picture credit: Souleymane Camara/Reuters/Council on Foreign Relations The slide cannot continue. It’s fine to blame outsiders, particularly ...

“It is time to overcome the reluctance and deconstruct the narratives that persist in confining Africa to the margins of ...

It would be no easy task, but given the environmental devastation across Africa, it’s one worth debating.

The people have always shown their determination to struggle to conserve and deepen democracy, in spite of a succession of ...

As global powers seek support for their competing worldviews, will Africa capitalise on its rising strategic value?

A demonstration agaonst the Ethiopian conflict in the Tigray region. Picture credit: AFP. Why is the world turning its eyes ...

Many countries have joined more than one organisation, which divides loyalties and constrains capacity and cohesion.

Mr Buhari, who has less than one year to leave office, restated his avowed abhorrence of corruption and determination to ...

A new framework enables the African Union to track progress on the long road to achieving a conflict-free continent.

Efforts to involve young people in conflict prevention must receive the proper financial and political backing.

The AU was established with a vision to achieve "an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens ...

From peacekeeping to early warning and mediation, traditional tools aren’t resolving protracted conflicts in Africa.

...China’s position on Russia has possibly influenced the stance of some African states, as it is Africa’s largest trade partner, ...

In the midst of various challenges buffeting universities in Nigeria, there is good reason to raise the elbow in celebration ...

The African Union will struggle to ensure partners stick to their promises in a tough new international environment.

The mandate and capacity of a new operation should allow robust engagement to deal with underlying political conflicts.

Nigerians trying to leave Ukraine. Following the lead of the African governments, the world is happy to tolerate the dehumanisation ...

...when South Africans were dying like flies, its then President Nelson Mandela dared the EU and started the production of  the ...

Picture credit: Nick_ Raille_07/Shutterstock Forty-six years after Murtala, Africa has not come of age. Apart from the crises of under-development, ...

Ahead of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Nigeria calls on ...

Faki as the AU Commission Chairperson did not implement the provisions of the AU Declaration against the Chadian coup plotters. ...

The African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have condemned the situation.

The military government also said it has restored the constitution.

Coups in Africa. Picture credit: Souleymane Camara/Reuters/Council on Foreign Relations In a region where 15 of the 16 countries were ...