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Part of the African Union's executive branch
The
African Union Commission
(
AUC
) acts as the executive/administrative branch or secretariat of the
African Union
(and is somewhat analogous to the
European Commission
). It consists of a number of Commissioners dealing with different areas of policy. The
African Union Headquarters
are in
Addis Ababa
,
Ethiopia
. It should be distinguished from the
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
, (based in
Banjul
,
Gambia
), which is a separate body that reports to the African Union.
History
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On September 13, 2005 an agreement was reached by the Commission and
France
whereby France would donate
€
5 million for the furtherance of African Union activities. Some of the initiatives this money will go to are an
African Communication Policy
and an
African Common Defence Force
. The signatory on behalf of the Commission was
Bernard Zoba
.
The African Union Commission became a part of the
Forum on China?Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)
in 2012.
[1]
FOCAC is the main multi-lateral coordination mechanism between the African countries and China.
[2]
Since joining FOCAC, the African Union Commission has increasingly played a coordinating role, although each African country in FOCAC continues to represent itself individually.
[1]
Key members
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References
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- ^
a
b
Murphy, Dawn C. (2022).
China's rise in the Global South : the Middle East, Africa, and Beijing's alternative world order
. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 57.
ISBN
978-1-5036-3060-4
.
OCLC
1249712936
.
- ^
Murphy, Dawn C. (2022).
China's rise in the Global South : the Middle East, Africa, and Beijing's alternative world order
. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 56.
ISBN
978-1-5036-3060-4
.
OCLC
1249712936
.
- ^
"Morocco to rejoin African Union despite Western Sahara dispute"
.
Bbc.ocm
. January 30, 2017
. Retrieved
August 11,
2017
.
- ^
Nyabor, Jonas (January 30, 2017).
"Ghana's Kwasi Quartey elected Deputy Chair of AU"
.
Citifmonline.com
. Retrieved
August 11,
2017
.
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