Tag: AU Commission
Pan-Africanism More Important Now Than Ever – Dlamini-Zuma
AFRICANGLOBE - Like many South African activists, Nokosazana Dlamini-Zuma's attachment to pan-Africanism is more practical than ideological. The pan-African spirit, says Dlamini-Zuma, started as a means to define Africa's identity and fight against racial oppression.
AU Commission Chairperson Calls for African Standby Force
AFRICANGLOBE - The chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Nkozasana Dlamini-Zuma Thursday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, urged for the need to put into operation the African Standby Force, with a view to providing the continent with a quick response to the conflicts and other situations that require military intervention.
African Union Should Stand Up For Africans
On Sunday, the African Union voted, for the first time, woman to head the AU Commission. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, South Africa's Home affairs minister, beat...
Packed Agenda for African Union Summit
African leaders are meeting next week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to review the political and socio-economic situation on the continent in an effort to...
Africa Lures Its Diaspora for Development Projects
Africa plans to launch a fund to harness the financial resources of its citizens based in the Diaspora which will be used for development...
The Race for AU Boss Is On – Why Does It...
The African Union will hold its 18th Summit in Addis Ababa from January 23-30. Kenyans have not-too-fond memories of last January's summit -- at which the so-called shuttle diplomacy against Kenya's engagement with the International Criminal Court was launched. And the region as a whole was focused on the implications of external intervention under the "responsibility to protect" -- given the massive changes then underway in North Africa.
African Union to Meet Over Somalia
The African Union Commission will next week meet in Addis Ababa to examine the achievement of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the challenges ahead.
