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Behind the scenes at the election for the African Union's powerful Peace and Security Council

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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. [...]

While some countries were assured of winning a seat on the African Union Peace and Security Council, there were several surprises in the run-up to the vote and the election itself on 3 February. [...]

Published on 07/02/2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Bankole Adeoye, Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the African Union.

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the 33rd African Union summit in Addis Ababa in February 2020.

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Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Africa
Behind the scenes at the election for the African Union's powerful Peace and Security Council

Somalia
New AU mission head to be named soon

Horn of Africa
In Tigray, an uncertain lull

Sudan
Peace and security commissioner Adeoye urges AU to get more involved in fixing Sudan crisis

Africa
AU states battle for seats on powerful Peace and Security Council

Ethiopia
AU Peace and Security Council finally grapples with Tigray crisis

Senegal
Incoming AU chair Macky Sall burnishes his international image

Spotlight | Africa
Abiy muzzles any AU discussion of Tigray

African Union, Mauritania
In AU commissioner race, Mauritania plays deft hand to gain Algeria's support

African Union, Chad
Divided over dynastic Déby succession, AU sends delegation to N'Djamena

African Union, Kenya
Kenyatta leads anti-Morocco charge over Western Sahara