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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.	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.	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]