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The articles below are the most recent additions to the AU / NEPAD category of Africa InfoServ. To read the article, click on its title. To see more AU / NEPAD articles or to search a particular topic, click on Africa Archive.

Articles marked with a magnifying glass ( Longer, analytical article. ) are longer, more analytical pieces.

1. Malawi to assume AU presidency
Author: Aljazeera News Date Written: 8 February 2010
Primary Category: AU/NEPAD Document Origin: Aljazeera and agencies
Secondary Category: Southern Region Source URL: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa
Key Words: Malawi, AU, presidency,

Summary & Comment: The president of Malawi will assume the rotating presidency of the African Union. "The time has come for Africa to develop Africa," Mutharika said in his acceptance speech. The UN chief cautioned States to "guard against the manipulation of established processes to retain power." DN
2. Longer, analytical article. Another great African dream has vanished with NEPAD
Author: J. Okungu, Kampala; A.Ashine, Addis Ababa Date Written: 8 February 2010
Primary Category: AU/NEPAD Document Origin: New Vision & Daily Nation
Secondary Category: Africa General Source URL: http://www.ukzn.ac.za
Key Words: NEPAD, dissolved, African dream,

Summary & Comment: African Union leaders have approved the establishment of the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency to replace NEPAD. It seems that the dissolution of NEPAD follows sharp criticism: that NEPAD could not deliver a single project during the whole last decade. DN
3. Longer, analytical article. AfriMAP and Oxfam launch guide to the African Union
Author: AfriMAP, Addis Ababa Date Written: 27 January 2010
Primary Category: AU/NEPAD Document Origin: Open Society Institute & Oxfam International
Secondary Category: Africa General Source URL: http://www.afrimap.org
Key Words: AU, guide, AfriMAP, Oxfam, civil society, participation,

Summary & Comment: Le français suit. A new guide on the Pan African organization declares the African Union must be accessible to its citizens. L'Union africaine devrait renforcer la participation populaire selon le nouveau guide des organisations panafricaines. DN
4. Longer, analytical article. Obama’s national security policy towards Africa: The first year
Author: Daniel Volman Date Written: 20 January 2010
Primary Category: AU/NEPAD Document Origin: Pambazuka News 466
Secondary Category: Africa General Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org
Key Words: Obama, national security policy, AFRICOM,

Summary & Comment: US President Obama is maintaining the militarised action in Africa of his predecessors over the past decade. Believing in a global war on terror and pragmatic political concerns to retain oil supplies, his approach to Africa is to assert US military might there. DN
5. Guinea-Conakry: Commission of the African Union report
Author: Communique, Jean Ping Date Written: 18 January 2010
Primary Category: AU/NEPAD Document Origin: Africa Press Organisation
Secondary Category: Western Region Source URL: http://appablog.wordpress.com
Key Words: Guinea-Conakry, peace and security, democracy

Summary & Comment: In this communique, the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union welcomes the positive evolution of the situation in Guinea and the progress made towards ending the crisis in the country. He reiterates the AU’s support for the crisis’ mediator, President Blaise Compaore, and salutes the Agreement signed in Ouagadougou on 15 January 2010. . . . [expand]
6. AU declares 2010 Year of Peace and Security
Author: Yves Niyiragira Date Written: 12 January 2010
Primary Category: AU/NEPAD Document Origin: AU Monitor
Secondary Category: -none- Source URL:
Key Words: AU, African Year of Peace,

Summary & Comment: The Year of Peace and Security is an opportunity for African people, leaders, and institutions to review current efforts at peace in partnership with the international community. DN
7. The African Union: Challenges of globalization, security, and governance
Author: Samuel Makinda & Wafula Okumu Date Written: 17 December 2009
Primary Category: AU/NEPAD Document Origin: Action Focus via Amazon
Secondary Category: Africa General Source URL: http://www.amazon.org
Key Words: African Union, governance, security, globalization, progress

Summary & Comment: A much needed book by two exprienced African writers. It covers the development from the OAU, and the current plans within the AU, and ideas on what further steps are needed to implement them. Jk

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