Malgré l’importance des sujets abordés, le 38e sommet de l’Union africaine n’a pas attiré que peu de chefs d’État et de gouvernement.
The 38th African Union Summit addressed key challenges but struggled with recurring low senior leadership attendance.
African Union chairship should allow Angola to put its peacebuilding, economic development and diplomacy strengths to good use.
L’Union africaine pourrait bénéficier des atouts de l’Angola en matière de consolidation de la paix, de développement économique et de diplomatie.
Voting booths could be places of tension, even violence, and may determine whether stability or turmoil prevails.
Many in Southern Africa are asking why SADC does not intervene in crises in the same way leaders in West Africa do.
Special focus on regional economic communities: The complexity of the relationship between the AU and regional organisations is evident in the handling of the crisis in the Central African Republic.
The AU is divided over the possible impact of free movement of people on security in Africa.
The election of 10 new PSC members shows that consultation within regions prevailed over competition between member states.
Ten new members of the Peace and Security Council will be elected at the 30th AU summit.
Amid growing insecurity in the country, the PSC will be discussing the new AU roadmap for peace in the Central African Republic.
The head of the ISS’s Peace and Security Research Programme Stephanie Wolters says the recent SADC decision on the DRC was ‘a significant disappointment, but not a surprise’.
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