While this should not be a rude shock, one would have expected more commitments from African leaders, the African Union, and other regional arrangements, to forge ahead with the Responsibility to Protect the hundreds of thousands of innocent lives being lost in Ethiopia, thereby activating the long-forgotten slogan, ‘African solutions to African problems’. However, the African Union could have performed better in terms of promoting peace and security on the continent – its peace and security architecture has underperformed. In addition to this intentional or unintentional neglect by the African Union, other segments of the continent, including the academic community and mass media, are also culpable. However, the African Union could have performed better in terms of promoting peace and security on the continent – its peace and security architecture has underperformed. Adeoye O. Akinola is a Head of Research and Teaching at the University of Johannesburg’s Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation, South Africa.

Source: Ethiopian News August 27, 2022 21:58 UTC