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Analysis: Desire by the African Union to take care of Africa's problems largely on its own
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ROBERT SIEGEL
All Things Considered (NPR)
02-01-2005
Analysis: Desire by the African Union to take care of Africa's problems largely on its own
Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time: 9:00-10:00 PM
ROBERT SIEGEL, host:
The situation in Darfur was just one of the topics on the agenda at a meeting of the African Union in Nigeria. The AU was created three years ago as a replacement for the Organization of African Unity, which was often criticized as a toothless talking shop and a dictators club. The AU was supposed to emphasize good governance, democracy and especially conflict resolution. NPR's Ofeibea ...
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Analysis: Desire by the African Union to take care of Africa's problems largely on its own
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...Desire by the African Union to take care...meeting of the African Union in Nigeria. The...resolution. NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton has this report...Soundbite of music) OFEIBEA QUIST-ARCTON reporting: The new African Union anthem ...
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For African Union, a grim new test in violent Darfur
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...Tribune 11-30-2004 Representatives of the African Union came here over the weekend to investigate...government allowed more than 3,000 African Union troops into the area. They have not...being here. On Sunday, a team of nine African Union military observers, trailed by the...
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Fresh violence in Darfur points up African Union's limitations.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...region is the kind of conflict the African Union was intended to resolve when its 53...peacekeeping force, drawn from among African Union members, is headquartered at El Fasher, 40 miles from Tawilla. Another 200 African Union troops are based at Kebkabiya, no more...
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Interview: Ofeibea Quist-Arcton discusses the inauguration of the African Union [DP]
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition
; ...to inaugurate the African Union, the continent-wide...Unlike the OAU, the African Union will have peacekeeping...democracy. Reporter Ofeibea Quist-Arcton is in Durban. What...organization? Ms. OFEIBEA QUIST-ARCTON (Reporter): You...EDWARDS: Reporter ...
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5 African Union troops are killed by rebels in Darfur
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze
; DAKAR, Senegal -- Five African Union peacekeepers were killed in a brazen...border with Chad on Sunday evening, the African Union said Monday. It was the deadliest attack on the beleaguered African Union force since it was deployed to monitor...
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First test for alliance is DarfurThe African Union may rise or fall on performance there
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...Tribune 11-29-2004 Representatives of the African Union came here over the weekend to investigate...government allowed more than 3,000 African Union troops into the area. They have not...being here.On Sunday, a team of nine African Union military observers, trailed by the...
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Watchdog organization on African Union formed in US
Newspaper article from: New York Beacon, The
; ...formed Citizens Commission on the African Union which has set its goal to promote...monitor the progress of the African Union, which replaces the old Organization...Excellency Amara Essy, chair of the African Union Commission and His Excellency...
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As Peace Mission Nears End, War in Sudan Intensifies; Withdrawal of African Union Troops Deepens Fears of Worsening Violence
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; As the African Union prepares to abandon its troubled...attacked rebels and civilians. The African Union, which launched an ambitious but...over three times the size of the African Union's -- has been blocked by President...
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African Union may deploy extra troops to Darfur, official says.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; TOKYO _ A top African Union official said Friday that the 53-nation...reporters at the Japan National Press Club, African Union Commission President Alpha Oumar Konare said the African Union would send extra troops to the region, on...
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Commentary: Inaugural of the African Union
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition
; 00-00-0000 Commentary: Inaugural of the African Union Host: BOB EDWARDS Time: 11:00 AM-12...Organization of African Unity became the African Union. The AU is developing a long-term plan...gathered in Durban to bless the newborn African Union. Fighter jets streaked across the skies...
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