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AU Chief Moussa Faki Mahamat

AU Chief Moussa Faki Mahamat 21314 – Africa Research Bulletin Continental Alignments terrorism, with a renewed focus on CANARY ISLANDS (to SPAIN) eradicating the scourge of terror attacks ALGERIA by Boko Haram, al-Shabaab and Lord’s Tindouf Chad’s Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Resistance Army (LRA). Laayoune Mahamat is the new AU Commission AT LANTIC chairperson, beating four others to suc- Smail Chergui, AU Commissioner for ceed South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini- OCEAN Peace and Security, said the Fund would Zuma. Former Burundian president Pierre focus on handling the radicalisation of Moroccan- Buyoya confirmed Faki’s victory, telling WESTERN occupied the youth. AFP it came after a final round battle with Polisario- SAHARA Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina held UN Secretary-General Anto´ nio Gueter- Mohamed. Refugee res said the UN was prepared to provide Moroccan Camps fortified capacity enhancement to African coun- South Africa-based analyst Liesl Louw- wall Vaudran of the Institute for Security tries to enable them to deal with terrorism. Studies (ISS) said Faki had run a “con- Chergui said a task force formed by the ventional campaign” rather than a slick social media-heavy campaign like his main AU to fight the LRA was successful in the 200 km competitor from Kenya. arrest of senior commanders of the group. The 56-year-old has been at the forefront “We have made enormous progress in of the fight against Islamists in Nigeria, Sudan, which have been targeted by US arresting commanders of LRA. The next Mali and the Sahel, raising his profile at President Donald Trump’s travel ban. form of action would be mapped out,” home and abroad. He has promised “de- he said. velopment and security” will be top of his The summit also elected Algerian Pres- agenda. ident Abdelaziz Bouteflika as vice-chair- On South Sudan, the Summit approved a man for a one year term. new round of political mediation and Faki said he dreams of an Africa where the “sound of guns will be drowned out by asked its chief political mediators to A combative Conde called for more cultural songs and rumbling factories” engage with President Salva Kiir’s gov- urgency in reforming the UN so that and pledged to streamline the bureaucratic ernment to re-launch the peace talks. Africa could get a permanent seat on the AU during his four-year term in office. (PANA, Addis Ababa 31/1) Morocco’s bid to SecurityCouncil–along-runningdemand Faki’s election comes as Chad’s President return p. 21277 from the continent. He appointed South Deby hands over the rotating presidency African President Jacob Zuma to lead of the AU, a sign the country has been negotiations with the UN, and also look able to impose itself within the bloc. Chad SAHEL G5 into the effectiveness of peacekeeping has championed the fight against terror- ism and is the headquarters of military operations on the continent. New Joint Counter-Terror Force operations against Boko Haram, as well as He also appointed Ugandan President Algeria and Mauritania express their the French counterterrorism operation in Yoweri Museveni to negotiate on behalf the Sahel, Operation Barkhane. support for security efforts in the ofthecontinentwiththeEUontheissueof region. A loyal Deby ally from the same Zaghawa migrants. “On the migration problem we ethnic group, Faki has held a number of The leaders of five Sahel nations have needtospeakwithonevoice,”Condesaid. senior Chadian posts, including prime agreed to create a joint force in order to minister (2003-05), before being named African presidents who wander into meet- combat the jihadist onslaught in the Foreign minister in 2008. (© AFP 30/1 ingshourslate,ordon’tbothershowingup region, especially in Mali. The meeting 2017) at all, received a slap on the wrist. Conde came after the January 18th Gao attack, Thomas Quartey Kwesi, a veteran Ghana- said heads ofstate must attend meetings in which killed close to 80 people in the ian diplomat, was sworn in as deputy person,orsendtheirdeputypresident,and north of the country. The attack was chairperson. Also sworn in were six out of not ministers or ambassadors. His claimed by al-Mourabitoune, a group eight Commissioners. They included Alge- remarks received loud applause – from created by al-Qaeda in the Lands of the rian Smail Chergui, the incumbent Com- lower level representatives who remained missioner for Peace and Security, who Islamic Maghreb (AQLIM) veteran behindtohearthemasmanyheadsofstate won a hotly contested election. Mokhtar Belmokhtar. had already left the building. Minata Samate Cessouma,a Burkinabe A statement from AQLIM, released via citizen, emerged the winner as the AU Hiscommentscome as part of an AU effort the group’s official channel on the mes- Commissioner for Political Affairs. She to reform itself from a lumbering, bureau- saging app Telegram, threatened more replaces Aisha Abdullahi of Nigeria, who cratic institution to one that is effective and attacks against “the invading Crusader did not opt for re-election after serving relevant to Africans. Rwanda’s President forces and their helpers” and warned one term. (PANA 31/1) Paul Kagame earlier in the summit deliv- that it would not allow French-backed ered a blistering report slamming the AU’s forces to set up bases and carry out inability to see things through and over- patrols in the region. On February 13th, state-run Algerian dependence on donor funding. The leaders of Niger, Burkina Faso and radio quoted Malian Minister of Secu- Later, Conde told the closing press Mali had already agreed on creating a rity and Civil Protection Salif Tarore as conference that the AU was considering force to fight instability in the Liptako- saying that his country sought a security establishing its own media service to give Gourma area, which borders the three partnership with Algiers. the “correct version of events”, criticis- countries, during a late January meeting ing some media for failing to do so. “We have a common enemy: terrorism. in Niamey. But Mauritania’s participa- Algeria has a great experience in tion would largely bolster this effort. Conde’s position at the AU is held for a counterterrorism. This is why I came one-year term and rotates among the Mauritaniahas beensparedfrom therecent here... to see how we can go further in continent’s five regions. (Africa Confiden- wave of attacks. Another valuable North security cooperation,” Traore said after tial 3, 17/2; © AFP 31/1, 5/2 2017; The African ally in the fight against militancy in a meeting with Algerian Minister of EastAfrican 30/1) Mali is Algeria, which sponsored a peace Maghreb Affairs, the African Union deal between the central government and (AU) and the Arab League. (BBC Mon- New Measures on Terrorism: The Sum- some Tuareg leaders in 2015. itoring 15/2) mit approved a Special Fund to combat AB C © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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21314 – Africa Research Bulletin Continental Alignments terrorism, with a renewed focus on CANARY ISLANDS (to SPAIN) eradicating the scourge of terror attacks ALGERIA by Boko Haram, al-Shabaab and Lord’s Tindouf Chad’s Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Resistance Army (LRA). Laayoune Mahamat is the new AU Commission AT LANTIC chairperson, beating four others to suc- Smail Chergui, AU Commissioner for ceed South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini- OCEAN Peace and Security, said the Fund would Zuma. Former Burundian president Pierre focus on handling the radicalisation of Moroccan- Buyoya confirmed Faki’s victory, telling WESTERN occupied the youth. AFP it came after a final round battle with Polisario- SAHARA Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina held UN Secretary-General Anto´ nio Gueter- Mohamed. Refugee res said the UN was prepared to provide Moroccan Camps fortified capacity enhancement to African coun- South Africa-based analyst Liesl Louw- wall Vaudran of the Institute for Security tries to enable them to deal with terrorism. Studies (ISS) said Faki had run a “con- Chergui said a task force formed by the ventional campaign” rather than a slick social media-heavy campaign like his main AU to fight the LRA was successful in the 200 km competitor from Kenya. arrest of senior commanders of the group. The 56-year-old has been at the forefront “We have made enormous progress in of the fight against Islamists in Nigeria, Sudan, which have been targeted by US arresting commanders of LRA. The next Mali and the Sahel, raising his profile at President Donald Trump’s travel ban. form of action would be mapped out,” home and abroad. He has promised “de- he said. velopment and security” will be top of his The summit also elected Algerian Pres- agenda. ident Abdelaziz Bouteflika as vice-chair- On South Sudan, the Summit approved a man for a one year term. new round of political mediation and Faki said he dreams of an Africa where the “sound of guns will be drowned out by asked its chief political mediators to A combative Conde called for more cultural songs and rumbling factories” engage with President Salva Kiir’s gov- urgency in reforming the UN so that and pledged to streamline the bureaucratic ernment to re-launch the peace talks. Africa could get a permanent seat on the AU during his four-year term in office. (PANA, Addis Ababa 31/1) Morocco’s bid to SecurityCouncil–along-runningdemand Faki’s election comes as Chad’s President return p. 21277 from the continent. He appointed South Deby hands over the rotating presidency African President Jacob Zuma to lead of the AU, a sign the country has been negotiations with the UN, and also look able to impose itself within the bloc. Chad SAHEL G5 into the effectiveness of peacekeeping has championed the fight against terror- ism and is the headquarters of military operations on the continent. New Joint Counter-Terror Force operations against Boko Haram, as well as He also appointed Ugandan President Algeria and Mauritania express their the French counterterrorism operation in Yoweri Museveni to negotiate on behalf the Sahel, Operation Barkhane. support for security efforts in the ofthecontinentwiththeEUontheissueof region. A loyal Deby ally from the same Zaghawa migrants. “On the migration problem we ethnic group, Faki has held a number of The leaders of five Sahel nations have needtospeakwithonevoice,”Condesaid. senior Chadian posts, including prime agreed to create a joint force in order to minister (2003-05), before being named African presidents who wander into meet- combat the jihadist onslaught in the Foreign minister in 2008. (© AFP 30/1 ingshourslate,ordon’tbothershowingup region, especially in Mali. The meeting 2017) at all, received a slap on the wrist. Conde came after the January 18th Gao attack, Thomas Quartey Kwesi, a veteran Ghana- said heads ofstate must attend meetings in which killed close to 80 people in the ian diplomat, was sworn in as deputy person,orsendtheirdeputypresident,and north of the country. The attack was chairperson. Also sworn in were six out of not ministers or ambassadors. His claimed by al-Mourabitoune, a group eight Commissioners. They included Alge- remarks received loud applause – from created by al-Qaeda in the Lands of the rian Smail Chergui, the incumbent Com- lower level representatives who remained missioner for Peace and Security, who Islamic Maghreb (AQLIM) veteran behindtohearthemasmanyheadsofstate won a hotly contested election. Mokhtar Belmokhtar. had already left the building. Minata Samate Cessouma,a Burkinabe A statement from AQLIM, released via citizen, emerged the winner as the AU Hiscommentscome as part of an AU effort the group’s official channel on the mes- Commissioner for Political Affairs. She to reform itself from a lumbering, bureau- saging app Telegram, threatened more replaces Aisha Abdullahi of Nigeria, who cratic institution to one that is effective and attacks against “the invading Crusader did not opt for re-election after serving relevant to Africans. Rwanda’s President forces and their helpers” and warned one term. (PANA 31/1) Paul Kagame earlier in the summit deliv- that it would not allow French-backed ered a blistering report slamming the AU’s forces to set up bases and carry out inability to see things through and over- patrols in the region. On February 13th, state-run Algerian dependence on donor funding. The leaders of Niger, Burkina Faso and radio quoted Malian Minister of Secu- Later, Conde told the closing press Mali had already agreed on creating a rity and Civil Protection Salif Tarore as conference that the AU was considering force to fight instability in the Liptako- saying that his country sought a security establishing its own media service to give Gourma area, which borders the three partnership with Algiers. the “correct version of events”, criticis- countries, during a late January meeting ing some media for failing to do so. “We have a common enemy: terrorism. in Niamey. But Mauritania’s participa- Algeria has a great experience in tion would largely bolster this effort. Conde’s position at the AU is held for a counterterrorism. This is why I came one-year term and rotates among the Mauritaniahas beensparedfrom therecent here... to see how we can go further in continent’s five regions. (Africa Confiden- wave of attacks. Another valuable North security cooperation,” Traore said after tial 3, 17/2; © AFP 31/1, 5/2 2017; The African ally in the fight against militancy in a meeting with Algerian Minister of EastAfrican 30/1) Mali is Algeria, which sponsored a peace Maghreb Affairs, the African Union deal between the central government and (AU) and the Arab League. (BBC Mon- New Measures on Terrorism: The Sum- some Tuareg leaders in 2015. itoring 15/2) mit approved a Special Fund to combat AB C © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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