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All - AU in the News


Monday 07 May 2012
Somalia rushes to make up for lost time

Daily Nation: Now that all the 16 districts of Mogadishu are under the control of the African Union peacekeeping force Amisom, the s

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Tuesday 10 April 2012
African Union: Strengthening Democracy Beyond Mali

VOA: The African Union Commission peace and security director said the AU’s stance against Ma

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Monday 26 March 2012
AU joins Kony hunt, but Africa was there already

Daily Maverick: At a press conference in Uganda on Saturday, the AU’s special envoy on the Lord’s Resistance Army (Kony’s rebel group) announced a 5,000-strong military force had been assembled to find Kony, wit

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Saturday 24 March 2012
The UN Versus Regional Organizations: Who Keeps the Peace?

In January, the South African government of Jacob Zuma threw down a gauntlet. Taking advantage of the rota

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Friday 23 March 2012
African Union to Make Push Against Rebels

New York Times: “We’re on a mission,” an African Union envoy, Francisco Madeira, told reporters on Friday. “We need to stop Kony.&a

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Tuesday 10 January 2012
2011 Reflections: Africa rises, taking charge of its affairs

The Christian Science Monitor: In this installment, Scott Baldauf says Africa showed signs of both the willingness and ability to solve their own problems in 2011.


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Tuesday 03 January 2012
Review of Political Missions 2011
The Center on International Coorperation (CIC) has released its second Review of Political Missions, which tracks strategic trends, mission deployments, and deployment data for more than sixty political missions authorized by the UN and regional orga

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Friday 23 December 2011
Mogadishu comes back to life; African Union troops succeed in restoring some order, but can it last?

Global Post: Dec 22, 2011; Somalia has been a chaotic and violent Hell for more than 20 years, especially Mogadishu, the capital. Although there are many camps of hungry people, the city is showing signs of a return to n

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Monday 19 December 2011
An Accidental Monument to African Ambivalence
New York Times — The African Union is now putting the finishing touches on its shiny new home — a calabash-domed conference hall and a curving blade of a tower — right on the site of the city’s former central prison. Known to Ethiopians as Al

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Monday 19 December 2011
African Union Force Makes Strides Inside Somalia
New York Times - When the first batch of African Union peacekeepers landed at Mogadishu’s decrepit airport in 2007, they were immediately shelled by insurgents with mortars and given little chance of success. This was Somalia after all, the graveya

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Monday 19 December 2011
Mogadishu dares to dream
Ottawa Citizen - December 17, 2011 - For the first time in two decades, a recognized government has a measure of control of about 90 per cent of the Somalia capital, giving some hope for the future, David Blair reports.

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Wednesday 30 November 2011
Focal Points Vow to Confront Emerging Terrorism Threats Head-On
The Africa Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) convened, its 5th Annual Meeting of the Focal Points from 30 October to 1 November 2011 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria, where the Centre is also based. The opening ceremony wa

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Friday 23 September 2011
9th AU/Regional Economic Communities Technical Meeting on the Continental Early Warning System
The 9th Technical Meeting between the AU and the RECs on operationalization of the Continental Early Warning System (CEWS), hosted by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), took place from 21 to 23 September 2011 in Accra, Ghana.

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Monday 05 September 2011
Mogadishu residents appreciate AMISOM Hospital
One of the casualties of the decades-old conflict in Somalia is the country's health infrastructure. In most parts of Somalia, modern health facilities are non-existent.Mogadishu, the capital city, has a clinic initially set up to take care of

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Monday 05 September 2011
Student enrollment is rapidly outpacing expectations at an AMISOM pilot school project meant to encourage parents of Jazeera village in southern Mogadishu to bring their children for free primary education
Initially just nine students signed up for the program. Within 30 days the school roster had 97 names, and now 210 students are enrolled. The parents have not been left behind either. Many adults have registered themselves to take advantage of the f

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