AU’s disunity on Israel is just the tip of the iceberg

Earlier this month, the annual summit gathering of the Africa Union’s 52 countries weighed the contentious issue of granting Israel “observer status.” The dispute was sparked when the chair of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, granted Israel accreditation to the organisation last year. For months, Africa Union (AU) heads of states dithered, hesitated, and wrangled on the decision that threatens to cause a rift in the bloc, before ultimately postponing a vote on the issue to the next summit in 2023. Now, the question on Israel’s “observer status” will be delegated to a “new committee” tas…

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