AU Monitor: Issue 120, 2008

[Selome Araya]

Issue 120, 2008: Weekly Roundup This weeks' AU Monitor brings you news and
updates from the African Union, as it announces the 10th Ordinary Session of
the Assembly <http://www.pambazuka.org/aumonitor/comments/695/> in Addis
Ababa, holding under the theme: "Industrial Development of Africa".  Also,
questions are being raised as to whether this summit will cause African
leaders to "rethink the continent's approach to an industrial
take-off<http://www.pambazuka.org/aumonitor/comments/737/>
".  Further, former United-Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has accepted
an invitation from AU Chairman John Kufuor to lead an AU panel to negotiate
peace in Kenya <http://www.pambazuka.org/aumonitor/AUMONITOR/comments/731/>.
Mr. Annan called on both sides of the conflict to "bear in mind the interest
of Kenyans and show goodwill". The Centre for Citizen's Participation in the
AU <http://www.pambazuka.org/aumonitor/comments/696/> is holding a
continental conference on the AU summit in which the main objective is
to "create
a platform where structured debate and collation of views will be made among
stakeholders across the continent". The conference aims to include the
meaningful participation of Africa's citizens into decision-making processes
of the AU. Lastly, draft
agendas<http://www.pambazuka.org/aumonitor/AUMONITOR/comments/732/>for
the 12
th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and the 10th Ordinary Session
of the Assembly are now available. In regional news, Charles Onyango-Obbo
provides commentary of the East African Community's (EAC) involvement in the
Kenya crises <http://www.pambazuka.org/aumonitor/AUMONITOR/comments/697/>,
stating
that the crises has set a record for attracting the most former African
presidents but that "the East African Community has had no public role at
all" in the process.    In peace and security news, the United Nations and
African Union Special Envoys for
Darfur<http://www.pambazuka.org/aumonitor/AUMONITOR/comments/756/>
recently
began a week-long mission to facilitate peace in the region. Following a
meeting of the Forum on Tax Administration of the Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) participants agreed to set up an
international
tax centre in Africa <http://www.pambazuka.org/aumonitor/comments/691/>,
with the aim of building the capacity of tax administrations in African
countries.     *AU, UN Envoys Reinvigorate Peace Process*
(UN News) - Arriving today in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, the United
Nations and African Union (AU) Special Envoys for Darfur began a weeklong
mission to infuse new momentum into efforts to bring peace to the
war-ravaged region.

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*Read more: *www.aumonitor.org/comments/756


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*Will AU Summit Encourage Industrial Take-off?*

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(PANA) - Farming methods in Africa have not improved and many people are
abandoning their ancestral land to move to the cities to look for jobs.

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*Read more: *www.aumonitor.org/comments/737


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*Executive Council and Assembly Agendas*

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The draft agendas are now available for both the 12th Ordinary Session of
the Executive Council, to be held between 27-29 January 2008 (
DRAFT_AGENDA_EX.CL.pdf<http://www.pambazuka.org/aumonitor/images/uploads/DRAFT_AGENDA_EX.CL.pdf>)
and the 10th Ordinary Session of the Assembly, to be held between 31 January
–2 February 2008
(DRAFT_AGENDA__Assembly.pdf<http://www.pambazuka.org/aumonitor/images/uploads/DRAFT_AGENDA__Assembly.pdf>)
in Addis Ababa.

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*Read more: *www.aumonitor.org/comments/732


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*Kofi Annan to Head Kenya's AU Panel*

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(BuaNews) - Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has accepted
an invitation to head an African Union (AU) panel to help broker peace in
Kenya.



*Read more:* www.aumonitor.org/comments/731<http://www.aumonitor.org/comments/732>


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*EAC Helplessness*



Charles Onyango-Obbo—Kenya has just set a record for having the crisis that
attracted the most former African presidents.

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*Read more:* www.aumonitor.org/comments/697


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*Centre for Citizens' Participation in the AU*



The Centre for Citizens' Participation in the African Union (CCP-AU) is
organizing a continental conference on the African union summit to be held
on January 23rd and 24th 2008.



*Read more:* www.aumonitor.org/comments/696



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Industrial Development of Africa*

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(Press Release)-The tenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African
Union Heads of State and Government takes place in the capital city of
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, from the 31st of January to the 2nd of February 2008.
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*Read more: *www.aumonitor.org/comments/695


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*Tax Centre for Africa*

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Shaun Benton (BuaNews)- An international tax centre is to be set up in
Africa to assist the countries' tax administrations with capacity building.

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*Read more:* www.aumonitor.org/comments/691



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-- 
Selome Araya
Consultant Project Coordinator
AU- Monitor
aumonitor.editor at gmail.com

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