Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov receives IGAD Ambassador's Council in Moscow and discusses with them the strengthening of regional cooperation between the two sides #WakeepEn

Competitive elections among East African AU states for the AU Commission leadership is producing the first candidate website that I’m aware of. For an AU struggling with popular perceptions, this is a good development.

If only there were paragraphs at the top of journal articles that told you what they were about

📢BREAKING: The African Union #PSC endorsed the formation of the new Mission to succeed ATMIS to be known as the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) within the framework of the Concept of Operations adopted during the 1225th session.

Pleased to receive H.E. Amb. Evgeny E. Terekhin of #Russia. We exchanged on deepening the AU and Russia’s cooperation in political and security matters and discussed recent developments in Sudan, Somalia and the Sahel

Today marks the 75thanniversary of the #GenevaConventions. As the world marks #GC-75, Amani Africa has the pleasure of sharing some of its major works that have contributed towards advancing #IHL in Africa 👇 - Review of the Integration and Implementation of IHL in African Union

Stares in... - Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth (1961) - Pablo González Casanova's Sociología de la Explotación (1969) - Edward Said's Zionism from the Perspective of its Victims (1979) - Aníbal Quijano's Colonialidad y Racionalidad/Modernidad (1991) AND SO MANY OTHERS

If true, this would mark a remarkable Egyptian comeback to African peacekeeping. For comparison, all global 🇪🇬 contributions to UN peacekeeping currently stand at 1607 troops.

📢 Vacancy: Are you interested in working with a dynamic team that is engaged in shaping & informing multilateral policy making with a focus on the AU? Do you have strong analytical skills & work experience on African issues? This may be for you: 👉Senior Researcher:

In Pictures: Highlights from the three-day #AU Member States Consultation on the Common African Position on Climate Change, Peace and Security in Nairobi, 🇰🇪

Why did the commission keep paying and promising millions of €€€ to the Organisation of African, Caribbean + Pacific States when it was not sure it could pay any of it back? Has the OACPS met the deadlines imposed by the commission earlier this year? devex.com/news/eu-rebuke…

Which aid-receiving countries will lose how much as a result of the €2bn cuts to development agreed by EU leaders? devex.com/news/eu-to-shi…

🔊🔊🔊Call for Papers: Theme: How and Why Do Double Standards Matter for International Law? - Abstracts Due Date: 15, October 2024 - Place: Geneva, Switzerland, -Date: 15-17 May 2025 - Funding: Limited Budget for travel & accommodation. More ⬇️. afronomicslaw.org/category/news-…

Delighted to be back briefly Geneva Graduate Institute’s Global Governance Centre for some writing and coffee catch-ups.

.🚀 At the launch of Africa #AmnestyMonth 2024, in #Bangui #CAR, the #AUPSC oversaw the symbolic destruction of illicit weapons collected by the 🇨🇫 government . Advancing the Goal of Silencing the Guns in Africa : “Educate & Sensitize Society on Surrendering Illicit #SALWs ”

🇰🇲UN member states in significant arrears lose their vote in the GA unless granted an exemption under Art 19 of the Charter. #Comoros has been in arrears under Art 19 for 32 yrs, but this month it made the necessary payment to no longer require exemption! undocs.org/en/A/78/707/Ad…

Excited to join Bernhard Reinsberg's #OECD panel: Financing international development organisations in an age of disorder, on 25 September. Sign-up to a whole series of interesting events now open. oecd.org/en/events/2024…

A spirited reminder that African permanent seats on the UN Security Council requires continental unity.

Switzerland's national museum is putting on a large-scale exhibition on Switzerland and colonialism, accompanied by Bernhard C. Schär and an illustrious academic advisory board. Can't wait to visit. landesmuseum.ch/kolonial

The US proposal on Security Council reform, permanent membership without veto power, pulls the rug under decades of consensus-building in Africa by imposing G4 ideas. The #EzulwiniConsensus is thus further marginalised. nytimes.com/2024/09/12/wor…