... statement was the need to expand the partnership, stepping up trilateral trade, addressing regional instability, as well as taking joint steps towards a
reinstatement
of their (revoked due to unconstitutional changes of governments) membership in the African Union (AU) and in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The international community perceived this statement as an emergence of a new regional association, although the “partnership” between the said nations has not been ...
It always seems impossible, until it is done
The summit of the African Union (AU) in February 2023 marked the rising stature of Africa on the world stage and the increasing support for African economic integration both regionally and globally. In fact, one of the few positive trends in the global economy in recent ...
... LAS (The League of Arab States) is mentioned separately: “Within the Arab world, Algeria will work in the coming months to restore joint Arab action by creating optimal conditions for the conduct and success of the next
Arab summit
.” As for the African Union, there is more emphasis on economic areas of cooperation: “In the same spirit, our country should also support continental organizations, help to usher the African Free Trade Zone and to develop intra-African infrastructure projects, such ...
... 2022). At the level of heads of state or government, 45 countries of the region were represented in Washington D.C., while delegations from Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Guinea, Mali and Sudan were not invited (officially due to the suspended membership in the African Union). More telling, though, is that South Africa—alongside the Gambia, South Sudan and Zimbabwe—was represented at the summit at the level of its foreign minister. With that, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s participation in the St. Petersburg ...
RIAC and Africa Business Initiative Union Joint Report #53/2020
RIAC and Africa Business Initiative Union Joint Report #53/2020
Africa entered the 21st century with significant achievements and challenges relevant for both the development of the continent and world affairs. Although Africans are responsible for finding solutions to arising problems themselves, Russia is quite capable of making its unique contribution to the search.
A joint report by the Russian International Affairs Council and...
... of negotiations.
Africa is rapidly changing and the continent is approaching a point of change that could reaffirm the continent’s new geopolitical role. With Nigeria and Benin having signed the AfCFTA Agreement at the Extraordinary Summit of the African Union in Niamey, Niger, the African movement of multilateralism is gaining force. And whilst the 2019 G20 Leaders’ Declaration
underlined global willingness
to “realize a free, fair, non-discriminatory, transparent, predictable and stable ...
The fifth African Union-European Union (AU-EU) summit was held on 29-30 November 2017 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. The leaders of African and EU countries once again gathered to develop strategic decisions on the future of their cooperation. Interestingly, this is ...
... been an unprecedented surge in both the scale of peacekeeping and peacebuilding activities, as well as in the number of actors engaged in conflict resolution. Complex and challenging, the African security landscape presents the United Nations (UN), the African Union (AU), and the broader international community with numerous opportunities for trial, error, and experimentation.
The African continent has long been subject to much mythmaking and stereotyping, with countless colonial and postcolonial legacies ...
...
rejected
Obama’s views on gay rights, noting that it was hard to impose on people something they did not accept.
As for Ethiopia, along with Kenya, the U.S. considers it a key strategic security ally. The country is a major contributor to the African Union’s peacekeeping force fighting terrorist groups. Its capital Addis-Ababa is the headquarters of the African Union, the most influential international organisation on the African continent.
Reuters
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam ...
From the OAU to the AU
From the OAU to the AU
The predecessor of the African Union has done much to eliminate the colonial and racist regimes on the continent, primarily through the Liberation Committee that rendered not only political but also practical support to national liberation movements waging armed struggles. ...
