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Jacana Media
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Written by eminent scholars on Africa and practitioners who have worked in or with the African Union (AU), this report brings together the analysis and research of 17 largely Pan-African scholars, policymakers, practitioners, and civil society representatives. A particularly timely and welcome addition to the pioneering literature about this young and potentially powerful institution, this analysis presents a positive but realistic picture of the AU while diagnosing several key challenges, including Africa’s security and governance problems. |
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By Diedre L. Badejo
Chelsea House Publications
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Based in Addis Abba, Ethiopia, the Africa Union, established in July 2002, is the successor to the Organization of African Unity, created in 1963. The AU aims include promoting democracy, human rights, and sustainable economic development across Africa, especially by increasing foreign investment through the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). With an elaborate organizational structure roughly modeled on the European Union, the African Union is comprised of a Pan-African Parliament, a Commission, a Court of Justice (human rights abuses), and an Executive Council served by a Permanent Representatives Committee, and additional councils and specialized bodies. |
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By Timothy Murithi
Ashgate Publishing
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The African Union was established in July 2002 by African leaders, evolving from the Organization of African Unity (OAU). However, the idea of the African Union can be traced to the Pan-Africanist movement. Timothy Murithi looks at the emergence of Pan-Africanism and how it was institutionalized through the Pan-African Congress and the OAU. He argues that the African Union represents the third phase of the institutionalization of Pan-Africanism. The book examines the limitations of the OAU and discusses whether the African Union can adopt a more interventionist stance in dealing with peace building and development in Africa. The volume assesses the African Union's peace and security institutions and analyzes how it is beginning to collaborate with civil society. It takes a critical look at the Union's New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and argues that Africa needs to adopt a developmental and governance agenda that will be much more responsive towards improving the well-being and livelihood of its peoples. |
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By Russell Roberts
Mason Crest Publishers
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Beset by war, disease, famine, human rights abuses, and numerous other problems, Africa today is a continent in need of good leadership. Many people believe the only way Africa will be able to solve its many challenges is by uniting the more than 50 nations on the continent. To that end, the African Union was formed in 2002 as a successor to the largely ineffective Organization of African Unity.The purpose of the African Union is to turn Africa into a political and economic power. The new organization faces many challenges, and the solutions to Africa's problems will not be easy to find. Yet on its shoulders the African Union carries the hopes and dreams of a continent. |
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By Samuel M. Makinda
Routledge
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A comprehensive examination of the work of the African Union (AU), with special emphasis on its capacity to meet the challenges of building and sustaining governance institutions and security mechanisms. Samuel Makinda and F. Wafula Okumu show how Africa and, in particular, the AU can effectively addressed the challenges of building and sustaining governance institutions and security mechanisms only if they have strategic leadership. Current debates on, and criticisms of, leadership in Africa are also analyzed as well as key options for overcoming the constraints that African leaders face. Core topics covered include: - the colonial policies of the European powers
- the emergence of Pan-Africanism
- the creation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963
- the evolution of the OAU into the AU in 2002
- the AU’s capacity to address poverty alleviation, conflict management and resolution, peacebuilding and humanitarian intervention.
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By Barbara Brooks Tomblin
The University Press of Kentucky
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One of the lesser known stories of the Civil War is the role played by escaped slaves in the Union blockade along the Atlantic coast. From the beginning of the war, many African American refugees sought avenues of escape to the North. Due to their sheer numbers, those who reached Union forces presented a problem for the military. The problem was partially resolved by the First Confiscation Act of 1861, which permitted the seizure of property used in support of the South's war effort, including slaves. Eventually regarded as contraband of war, the runaways became known as contrabands. In Bluejackets and Contrabands, Barbara Brooks Tomblin examines the relationship between the Union Navy and the contrabands. The navy established colonies for the former slaves and, in return, some contrabands served as crewmen on navy ships and gunboats and as river pilots, spies, and guides. Tomblin presents a rare picture of the contrabands and casts light on the vital contributions of African Americans to the Union Navy and the Union cause. |
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By Moïse Tchando KEREKOU
VDM Verlag
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Since 1963, the African states have been striving to find the best design for political cooperation. Under the direction of the new continental organization the African Union (AU),created in 2002 and regrouping the 53 states in Africa, the process of integration is on its way, but has faced considerable setbacks. Today, it is widely acknowledged that the AU has failed to attain its principal objectives. The research question of this study is: why the AU has achieved very little of its objectives to bring unity, peace, security, and development throughout the continent. The answer is: because the AU institutions are, to begin with, ineffective. This book aims to understand, firstly, the ongoing process of integration over the continent. Secondly, it aims to study and to analyze the AU institutions in light of the theories of the European Union (EU). Surely and certainly, it carries the reader towards a new approach and a deep reflection on the issue of integration in Africa. It is designed to help scholars, students, and international civil servants to complete their literature and to expand their knowledge on African politics. |
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Solidarity for African Women's Writers
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The papers in this book are the product of a conference jointly convened in Addis Ababa in September 2005 by the African Union Women, Gender and Development Directorate and Solidarity for African Women's Rights (SOAWR), a coalition of more than 20 gender, human rights and development NGOs in Africa, including the African Center for Democracy and Human Rights Studies, FEMNET, Association des Juristes Maliennes, Equality Now, Fahamu, Fundação para o desenvolvimento da Comunidade (an organisation founded by Graça Machel in Mozambique), Oxfam GB and Women in Law and Development in Africa. |
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By Kassim Mohammed Khamis
Lilian Barber Press
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The road to a union of African states has proved bumpy, and the leaders of the current African Union have called for a special meeting in 2009 to discuss how best to restructure. This book is designed as a resource for those wanting a history of African unity, its unusual problems, and a discussion of how best to address the challenges and those problems as it forges a closer and more workable unity. |
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By Chilombo Mwondela
Thomson Gale
Released: 2006-04-18
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This digital document is an article from Sister Namibia, published by Thomson Gale on December 1, 2005. The length of the article is 532 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Citation Details
Title: African Union Protocol on the Rights of Women comes into force.
Author: Chilombo Mwondela
Publication: Sister Namibia (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 17 Issue: 5-6 Page: 7(1)
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