Africa
Skills and competency audit fuels divisions within African Union

The Executive Council meeting took place in Nairobi on 13 and 14 July.
The Executive Council meeting took place in Nairobi on 13 and 14 July. © Daniel Irungu/EPA/MaxPPP
The redeployment and exclusion of AU staff that will result from the skills audit and competency assessment is causing friction between a handful of member states and the AU Commission. [...]
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