ADEKEYE ADEBAJO: Why alchemical ideas for healing AU could kill the patient
‘The Kagame report on reforming the AU is the most disappointing report of a blue-ribbon commission in memory’
The Kagame report on reforming the AU — named after its chairman, Rwandan President Paul Kagame — was accepted by African leaders at its summit in July. The panel’s members, including former South African Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni, appear, however, to represent African alchemists: marabouts uttering mysterious but undecipherable incantations in the hope that the AU will be magically revived. This is the most disappointing report of a blue-ribbon commission in memory. It seems rushed, lacks substance and its fluffy recommendations are on a level of vacuity as to be of no real utility. These are physicians who are proposing half-baked cures to ills that have not been properly diagnosed. The result could clearly be fatal to the comatose AU patient. It is important to note some of the discrepancies of the AU Commission from the outset. It has a staff of only about 700, compared with the EU’s 33,000 staff. The AU’s 55 members are also responsiblefor implementing resolutions, as ...
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