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Africa: Nigeria Endorses AU’s Institutional Reforms On Peace, Security, Others

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago08 mins

Nigeria has endorsed the proposed institutional reforms in the African Union (AU), with a focus on peace and security governance, strengthening democratic institutions and ensuring stronger cooperation with international financial institutions and the private sector. The country also aligned with proposed restructurings aimed at boosting domestic and regional resource mobilisation for affordable development financing and…

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Africa: Tanzanian Envoy Attends AU’s 48th Meeting On Continent’s Development, Peace, Security

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Addis Ababa — TANZANIAN Foreign Affairs Minister and East African Cooperation, Mahmoud Thabit Kombo has joined other ministers from African nations in the 48th African Union Executive Council meeting underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting brings together AU foreign ministers and senior officials to discuss development, peace and security, regional cooperation and implementation of…

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West Africa: Pragmatic or Principled? the AU’s Security Dilemma in the Sahel

eriinfo.com3 months ago011 mins

Addressing the terrorist threat should not justify dismantling the governance architecture the AU has painstakingly built over two decades. Responding to growing terror threats and prioritising the restoration of constitutional order are often competing imperatives in countries going through transitions. African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf raised this point at a 30 September…

Africa’s Power Grabs Are Rising – the AU’s Mixed Response Is Making Things Worse

eriinfo.com3 months ago012 mins

Hardly a month goes by without news of another unconstitutional change of government on the African continent. These can take one of three forms. The first is a military coup d’état or violent change of (democratically) elected government. The second is the refusal of an incumbent government to relinquish power after losing an election. And…

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Africa: AU’s Somalia Peace Mission Cannot Deliver On Funding Pledges Alone

eriinfo.com5 months ago010 mins

Without a predictable financing mechanism, the mission remains trapped in a cycle of insecurity, mounting arrears and political instability. The governments of Somalia and the United Kingdom, the African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) met in New York on 25 September to strengthen backing for the AU Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM)….

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Africa: AUC Chairperson Reaffirmed the AU’s Commitment to Advancing Regional & Continental Integration Through Stronger Collaboration Among Recs

eriinfo.com5 months ago01 mins

At today’s 24th Summit of the #COMESA Authority of Heads of State & Government in Nairobi, Kenya, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the @_AfricanUnion Commission, reaffirmed the AU’s commitment to advancing regional & continental integration through stronger collaboration among RECs. The Chairperson underscored that the expiry of #AGOA & new US tariffs on African…

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Africa: Underfunded African Institutions Risk Derailing AU’s Development Vision

eriinfo.com6 months ago08 mins

Africa’s leading development financiers have sounded the alarm that weak and underfunded financial institutions are threatening the African Union’s most ambitious blueprint — Agenda 2063, the continent’s 50-year plan for industrialization, integration, and prosperity. Speaking on Monday at the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025) in Algiers, a high-level panel of executives from Afreximbank, the African Development…

Africa: How the AU’s New Convention Wants to Transform the Fight Against GBV #EVAWG

eriinfo.com6 months ago012 mins

Johannesburg — Across Africa, women and girls continue to face widespread violence, domestic abuse, sexual assault, harmful traditional practices, and conflict-related violence as persistent realities in many communities. In response, the African Union (AU) took a historic step by developing the African Union Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG). This groundbreaking instrument…

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Africa: AUC Deputy Chairperson Reaffirmed the AU’s Commitment to Ocean Health As a Cornerstone of Agenda 2063 & SDGs

eriinfo.com7 months ago01 mins

At the High Level Event on “A Sustainable Ocean Economy,” co-organised by APRM & the OECD at the AU Permanent Observer Mission offices in New York this afternoon, AUC Deputy Chairperson H.E Amb. Selma Malika Haddadi reaffirmed the AU’s commitment to ocean health as a cornerstone of Agenda 2063 & SDGs. She underscored the urgent…