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African Union: battle for last commissioners' posts goes into extra time

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“African Union: the battle of the giants”

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African Union: the battle of the giants

The pan-African intergovernmental organisation headquartered in Addis Ababa has increasingly become a political arena where the continent's heavyweights South Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Nigeria jostle for power. In order to impose their views and place representatives in key positions in the African Union and other international organisations, these nations compete for influence and build coalitions. On the sidelines of these strategic manoeuvres, a few smaller countries such as Rwanda are carving out a niche for themselves. [...]

The heavyweight tactics used by Nigeria to obtain the key post of commissioner for peace and security have blocked the process of filling the last remaining seats on the African Union Commission [...]

Published on 09/02/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Africa
African Union: battle for last commissioners' posts goes into extra time

Africa
African Union mobilises task force to counter effects of Ukraine war

Africa
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Africa
AU security commissioner Bankole Adeoye hires heavyweight advisers

Africa
North and West Africa jostle for two remaining AU Commission seats

Morocco
Aziz Akhannouch keeps monthly magazine Le Courrier de l'Atlas afloat

Africa
Too many caretakers: AU's new peace and security commissioner finds department in disarray

Africa
Nigeria twists ECOWAS' arm to get its African Union commissioner candidate elected

Spotlight | Africa, Turkey
Turkey's diplomats pave the way for Erdogan's African Show

Ghana
Akufo-Addo pulls out all the stops to secure AU number two job for Ghana

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Abiy lobbies hard to secure AU education portfolio for his protégée

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Former Cameroonian prime minister Philémon Yang leads the AU's oh-so difficult search for new commissioners