Since the establishment of the United Nations (UN) in 1945, the global multilateral institution has always paid attention to the plight of young people through its agencies such as the United Nations Educational,...
African Peer Review Mechanism
Is AU term-limit policy enough to deter abuse?
During a previous African Governance Architecture meeting, the African Peer Review Mechanism chief executive Professor Eddy Maloka called for the continent to be robust and frank when dealing with governance matters....
Fulfilling a great commission
Religion is a deeply rooted aspect of Africa’s cultural life and there is nothing to suggest that this will change in the foreseeable future There is no disputing the importance of religion to African life. In 2010,...
SA puts Africa last
South African President Jacob Zuma and President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan at the AU Summit, June 2015 © Wikimedia Commons African leaders are increasingly sceptical about South Africa’s commitment to its Africa First...
My brother’s keeper
AU chairperson Dlamini-Zuma addresses the African Peer Review Mechanism forum © GCIS Reviving the African Peer Review Mechanism may once more give citizens and civil society the tools to bring delinquent governments to...
EDITORIAL: From seeds to saplings of solidarity and democracy
Identity politics loom large at the African Union (AU). As some of our writers show in this edition of Africa in Fact, many Africans still do not know what the AU actually is or does, other than that it is housed in a...
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