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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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February 14, 2023
Heads of State and Government
The Art of Ruling for Life
How do Africa’s many “leaders for life” do it?
February 8, 2022
West Africa
Recent Flurry of Coups Caps Longstanding Push for Inclusion and Belonging in Africa
The recent spate of coups in West Africa has unsurprisingly drawn the attention of African leaders. The resurgence of coups was high on the agenda of AU leaders who met last weekend in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. Their condemnation of what a spokesperson described as a “wave of unconstitutional changes of government” was loud and unequivocal.
February 2, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
African Unity Fracturing on Cote d’Ivoire
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatorial Guinea's President and new African Union (AU) Chairman, speaks during a news conference at the closing ceremony of the 16th African Union Summit, in Ethiopia…
July 19, 2018
Cameroon
President Biya of Cameroon Seeking Reelection Amid Controversy
Biya, at eighty-five years old, is seeking a seventh consecutive term that would extend his thirty-six-year rule as Cameroon's president until 2025.
February 4, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
AU Vote to Leave the International Criminal Court of Little Consequence
Led by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, the African Union (AU) voted by a huge margin in favor of a proposal for withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC). In the aftermath of the vote, …
