African Union summit held amid economic decline and social instability

https://www.pambazuka.org/pan-africanism/au-summit-held-amid-economic-decline-and-social-instability

Critical analysis written by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire, http://panafricannews.blogspot.com/, on the recently-held 29th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was also published by Pambazuka News. Azikiwe looks at the broader social and political context within the continent in relationship to the overall international situation. According to one source: “Pambazuka News is an open access, Pan-African e-mail and online electronic newsletter. It is published weekly in English, Portuguese and French by Fahamu. The word Pambazuka means ‘dawn’ or ‘arise’ in Kiswahili. Since its inception in 2000, its mission has been to provide a platform for social justice in Africa, for example, by promoting human rights for refugees. Pambazuka News provides commentary and analysis on politics and current affairs. The estimated readership is 500, 000. Pambazuka News produces the AU Monitor, a blog which provides information to civil society organizations in Africa about the proceeds of the African Union. It also produces podcasts. Pambazuka promoted the ratification of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa.”