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This paper discusses how drug trafficking in West Africa causes severe economic, social, political and public health problems across the whole region. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime...
One of the ambitions of pan-Africanism is the realisation of what Ali Mazrui, the renowned Kenyan political scientist, called Pax Africana, a peace ‘that is protected and maintained by Africa...
According to Oxfam International findings published in 2007, the cost of conflicts on Africa's development between 1990 and 2005 was approximately $300 billion. The study titled "Africa's Missing...
Good evening to you all, sanibonani nonke, molweni, dumelang.
Let me thank the Presiding Officers for affording me this opportunity to share our 2013 programme of action with the joint sitting of...
Our briefing this afternoon will focus on a number of matters, including the outcomes of the recent 20th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, including...
We have gathered here today as part of the celebration of the historic
Centenary of the ANC, a short four (4) years ahead of the related
establishment of the University College of Fort Hare in...
I stand before you today as a humble servant of the African continent and its people, ready - together with the newly elected Commissioners - to join the hundreds of African Union Commission staff,...
The African Union Commission, as the secretariat of the African Union will seek to define and build a trajectory that extracts the continent from poverty to development, said Dr Nkosazana Dlamini...
Beginning in the middle of the last decade, the international community was alerted to the fact that drug trafficking in West Africa was in danger of spawning a series of near ‘narco-states’:...
Your Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria; His Honour, the Vice President of the Republic of
Botswana, Dr. Ponatshego Kedikilwe; Your Lordship,...
A number of African countries have experienced significant growth over the past few years. Indeed, between 2000 and 2009, 11 African economies grew at a rate of over 11%.(2) Meanwhile the whole...
The phenomena of African presidents dying abroad is truly a disgrace and reflects the failure of Africa’s leadership to seriously invest in healthcare provision. Quite simply, in many African...
Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has made history by becoming the first woman to lead the African Union Commission (AUC).(2) A skilled diplomat, a stern personality, a former doctor, ex-wife to South...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised the people of Timor-Leste for the progress they have made ten years after the country’s restoration of independence, commending the Government for...