The Kenyan political scientist, Ali Mazrui, was the intellectual father of the concept of Pax Africana in the 1960s. The idea is simple: Africans should, through their own efforts, consolidate, establish and enforce peace on their own continent. In the post-apartheid era, Pax Africana needs to be redefined to fit the needs of a new age, writes Adekeye Adebajo.
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/ 18 February 2004
Rumours of a rift between Nigeria’s Olusegun Obasanjo and South Africa’s Thabo Mbeki have been much exaggerated. These reports were particularly widespread after the Commonwealth summit in Abuja last December and were picked up in the Mail & Guardian earlier this year. Adekeye Adebajo and Chris Landsberg comment.
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/ 14 November 2003
The new chairperson of the African Union, Alpha Konare, must wield a strong broom and clear out the deadwood from his secretariat, recruit competent staff and establish accountable financial systems that could absorb and efficiently use large donations and grants from external funders.