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The articles below are the most recent additions to the AU / NEPAD category of Africa InfoServ. To read an 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. Connecting with the African diaspora
Author: Liesl Louw-Vaudran Date Written: 31 May 2012
Primary Category: AU/NEPAD Document Origin: Institute for Security Studies
Secondary Category: Africa General Source URL: http://www.issafrica.org/
Key Words: African Union, Diaspora, development

Summary & Comment: The official AU definition of the Diaspora is ‘peoples of African origin living outside the continent, ..who are willing to contribute to the development of the continent and the building of the African Union’. Yet millions of Africans living outside the continent are not inclined or able to contribute to Africa’s development on a grand scale... Wh . . . [expand]
2. African Union vote a setback for South Africa
Author: Jakkie Cilliers & Liesl Louw-Vaudran Date Written: 17 February 2012
Primary Category: AU/NEPAD Document Origin: Polity.org
Secondary Category: -none- Source URL: http:// http://www.polity.org.za
Key Words: Minister, commission, peace

Summary & Comment: African leaders are jostling for power to control the august African Union body. The struggle for control grew fierce to an extent that there was a stalemate in choosing the new commission to rule for the next four years. M. Makoni
3. Longer, analytical article. Africa: Economic Commission for Africa boss praises NEPAD
Author: Staff Writer Date Written: 11 October 2011
Primary Category: AU/NEPAD Document Origin: News from Africa
Secondary Category: Africa General Source URL: http://www.newsfromafrica.org
Key Words: Africa, NEPAD, AU, development

Summary & Comment: "Using partnership as its primary strategy, NEPAD effectively made progress with the issues of peace and security in Africa, effectively linking economic development and growth with peace and security on the continent." A too-glowing report on the achievements of NEPAD, which relies mostly on private sector funding which funds only if it . . . [expand]
4. African political unity must be more selective
Author: William Gumede Date Written: 14 July 2011
Primary Category: AU/NEPAD Document Origin: Pambazuka News, Issue 539
Secondary Category: Africa General Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org
Key Words: Africa, economic justice, politics, resource extraction

Summary & Comment: Political unity across much of African has proven to be a question of ‘glorified clubs of leadership chums’ protecting one another through regional institutions, writes William Gumede. MEM
5. Playing politics with the International Criminal Court
Author: Simon Jennings Date Written: 9 March 2011
Primary Category: AU/NEPAD Document Origin: ICC - ACR Issue 290, 8 Mar 11
Secondary Category: Africa General Source URL: http://iwpr.net/
Key Words: Libya, ICC, right to protect, massacring own people.

Summary & Comment: The Security Council’s referral of Libya to The Security Council’s decision to refer the case was a political rather than a legal one (the legal decision as to whether any charges can be brought will be taken by the ICC’s judges later on). It spoke of the "widespread and systematic attacks" that have taken place in Libya, but are they any . . . [expand]
6. Longer, analytical article. Côte d`Ivoire: L`Union africaine décide de la mise en place d`un "panel" de chefs d`Etat
Author: AFP Date Written: 29 January 2011
Primary Category: AU/NEPAD Document Origin: AFP/Abidjan.net
Secondary Category: Western Region Source URL: http://news.abidjan.net/h/389324.html
Key Words: Cote d’Ivoire, democracy, elections, panel. AU.

Summary & Comment: The African Union has decided to set up a panel of five African heads of state to deal with the post-electoral crisis in Cote d’Ivoire and within three months, submit conclusions that will be binding for both parties. MB
7. African Union Standby Force now ready to move
Author: Emmanuel.K.Bensah Jr. Date Written: 6 December 2010
Primary Category: AU/NEPAD Document Origin: Third World Network
Secondary Category: Africa General Source URL: http:// www.twnafrica.org
Key Words: Africa Union, standby force, regional brigades, peacekeeping

Summary & Comment: The new AU Standby Force (AFS), in the works since 1997, has 3 stages to its approach to troubled situations. 1.prevention: Use of political processes and counter-insurgency to prevent flare-ups. 2.ceasefire: Security forces to halt an insurgency once it starts; initiate political negotiations. 3.rebuilding: Post-conflict reconstruction, normalisat . . . [expand]

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