Author: Babatunde Fagbayibo and Udoka Ndidiamaka Owie Type of publication: Article Link to the original document     THE NORMATIVE BASIS OF THE AU’S COORDINATING POWERS The Constitutive Act empowers the Assembly to create other organs, including the Africa CDC as a specialized technical institution of the AU to promote disease prevention and control in…

Auteur : Jeanne Durieux Type de publication : Article Lien vers le document original     Les pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest doivent repenser leurs systèmes économiques, sociaux et politiques pour remédier à la crise. Si la réactivité des États d’Afrique de l’Ouest a été plutôt exemplaire en terme de rapidité, il n’en reste pas moins que ces…

Author: Tim Murithi Type of publication: Article Link to the original document     The African Union’s Agenda 2063 refers to pursuing “an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the international arena”. The devastating and wide-ranging effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have instigated a crisis…

Author: African Union, Africa CDC Type of publication: Report Link to the original document     In Africa, the primary strategy for COVID-19 will be to limit transmission and minimize harm. Given that transmission throughout the continent is inevitable, delaying and diminishing the peak of outbreaks can help health systems better manage the surge of…

Auteur : Union africaine, PNUD Type de publication : Rapport Lien vers le document original     SURPASSER LES ATTENTES : L’Afrique affronte la pandémie En mars 2020, les États membres de l’Union africaine (UA) et les Centres africains de prévention et de contrôle des maladies (CDC Afrique) ont publié leur stratégie continentale contre la pandémie de…

Auteur : Mécanisme africain d’évaluation par les pairs Type de publication : Rapport Lien vers le document original     RIPOSTE CONTINENTALE Lorsque l’OMS déclare la COVID-19 une urgence de santé publique internationale le 30 janvier 2020, l’Afrique, par le biais de ses institutions régionales – l’UA et les REC – a rapidement pris des mesures énergiques…

Author : Lynda Chinenye Iroulo Affiliated organization : United Nations University on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS) Type of publication : academic article Date of publication : 2020 Link to the original document   The infiltration and spread of COVID-19 stalled the efforts, resulting in border closures and the suspension of many economic activities which threaten to…

Affiliated organization : PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Type of publication : report Date of publication : 2020 Link to the original document   The expectations of enhanced intra-Africa trade are being hampered by challenges such as border closure, travel bans, nationalism and uncertainty in tariffs and exchange rates. The objective of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) is to…

Author : Ronak Gopaldas Type of publication : Academic report Date of publication : 2020 Link to the original document   Africa’s most ambitious integration project, the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) is nearing its commercial phase. Delayed, but not thwarted by the COVID-19 pandemic, an enormous joint effort between the African Union (AU), the AfCFTA…

Author : Mbakiso Magwape Type of publication : Academic article Date of publication : 2018 Link to the original document   The AfCFTA was created to bolster intra-African trade, which has notoriously been the lowest in the world compared to other continents. The AfCFTA was established to attain increased intra-African trade by developing a continental market for…