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1.	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]
2.	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
3.	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]
4.	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
5.	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]
6.	African Union pleased with growing Chinese investments in Africa
	Author: Pana	Date Written: 4 November 2010
	Primary Category: AU/NEPAD	Document Origin: Afrique en ligne
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.afriquejet.com/news/africa-news/
	Key Words: Chinese investment, development assistance, economic relations
	Summary & Comment: As the continent looks eastward, China assures African countries of its continued financial support. With China as the third biggest commercial partner to the African continent, AU leader Jean Ping recognizes that the 81% increase in Chinese investments this year ($552 million in the first three months of 2010 alone) presents “both opportunities an . . . [expand]
7.	The new scramble for Africa
	Author: Jason Hickel	Date Written: 12 October 2010
	Primary Category: AU/NEPAD	Document Origin: Thought Leader blog
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/jasonhickel/
	Key Words: US interests, militarization, Africom
	Summary & Comment: Dropping diplomatic formalities, United States Ambassador to the African Union, Michael Battle, produced a cascade of ‘scramble for Africa’ rhetoric at a recent Miller Center presentation at the University of Virginia. Battle’s unabashed endorsement of US private interests and generalized economic deregulation across the African continent is the mo . . . [expand]