OAU | Intervention

Prof. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari in the Eyes of the People

Posted By: adminon: January 31, 2025In: People in ActionTags: Abba Kyari, ABU Zaria, Afonja, External Affairs Minister, Ilorin Emirate, NPSA, OAU, President John Mahama of Ghana, Theory of Concentric CirclesNo CommentsViews:

Prof Hassan A. Saliu Introduction No doubt, many birthday celebrations have been held in honour of Prof. Ibrahim Gambari but none can compare with the 2024 edition in terms of number of act... Read more

Kenya’s Ambassador Martin Kimani Inserts Africa into the Global Politics of Violent Bordering

Posted By: adminon: March 02, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: African Union, Biometric violence at the airports, Electronic surveillance of border posts, European geopolitics, Kenyan State, OAU, The resurgence of walls, Violent borderingNo CommentsViews:

It is no longer whether what the Kenyan Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Martin Kimani, said about the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the African consensus or not.... Read more

Updated – It is Time to Restructure the African Union – Ambassador Moussa Faki Mahamat

Posted By: adminon: February 05, 2021In: World From AfricaTags: AfCFTA, AU Peace Fund, OAUNo CommentsViews:

The earlier version of this report wrongly identified Ambassador Moussa Faki Mahamat as an Algerian. His Excellency is from the Republic of Chad where he had been Prime Minister and Foreign... Read more

It is Time to Restructure the African Union – Ambassador Moussa Faki Mahamat

Posted By: adminon: February 05, 2021In: World From AfricaTags: AfCFTA, AU Peace Fund, OAUNo CommentsViews:

There is no knowing what the result of an Africa wide Vox Populi would say on what the African Union (AU) has brought to the table in terms of the African agency and world politics since it... Read more

Tough Times Await Mercenaries in African Conflicts – Dr Chris Kwaja

Posted By: adminon: March 26, 2018In: De-EscalationTags: OAU, PMCs, U-MassNo CommentsViews:

Mercenaries or soldiers of fortune fighting wars on the African continent either on hire or in support of a particular ideology cum interest had better prepare for tougher times as Dr. Chris... Read more

Dr. Chris Kwaja’s Reminder on the ECOWAS/ECOMOG Mystique

Posted By: adminon: December 21, 2017In: BookspaceTags: CPA, ECOMOG, ECOWAS, Historicism, Humanitarian Imperialism, Humanitarian Intervention, Liberia, OAU, PSOs, R2P, SSR, UN, United Nations Common Country AssessmentNo CommentsViews:

With the narrative of Humanitarian Intervention and its Responsibility to Protect (R2P) thesis virtually in ruins following the quick attack on it as Humanitarian Imperialism, the question o... Read more

Olu Adeniji, Former Foreign Affairs Minister, is Dead

Posted By: adminon: November 29, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Addis Ababa, Alhaji Sule Lamido, OAUNo CommentsViews:

Nigeria has lost a career diplomat and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olu Adeniji. He was 83 years at death. Adeniji was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2006 under... Read more

African Union deserves visionary, dynamic leadership

Posted By: adminon: September 09, 2016In: SpectacleTags: African, Ambassador Ngovi Kitau, ANC, AU, British, COMESA, Dr Dlamini Zuma, ECOWAS, European Union, General Yakubu Gowon, Iraq, Kofi Annan, Libya, Moammar Gadhafi, MOROCCO, NATO, NELSON MANDELA, OAU, Prof George B.N. Ayittey, Tendai Ruben Mbofana, UNECANo CommentsViews:

By Paul Ejime As an example of leadership for Africa, the AU is seriously wanting. Yet this is not just an intergovernmental organization. It is a rallying point for the actualization... Read more