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Why Rabat has four African Union education commissioner candidates

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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. [...]

Mauritania, Tunisia and Morocco are now all vying for the seat of African Union commissioner for eduction that should be returning to North Africa. Rabat does not want to give up easily. [...]

Published on 05/04/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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