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Delivering the Thabo Mbeki lecture, Professor Funmi Olonisakin said while the African Union has all the structures, it lacks the power and the will to implement them.
The AU s failure to intervene in a meaningful way in the Ethiopian conflict undermines its own peace and security agenda.
The AU has similarly failed to hold other member states accountable when they go against the AU s own norms and standards.
The war in Ethiopia s Tigray region is evidence of the shortcomings of the African Union, according to Funmi Olonisakin, a professor of security, leadership and development at King s College in London.
Olonisakin was the keynote speaker of this year s Thabo Mbeki lecture.
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Image: ReutersEthiopians, who fled the fighting in Tigray region, carry their belongings after crossing the Setit River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in the eastern Kassala state in December last year.
There is no credible or legitimate African institution that can deal with humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, according to Leadership Professor Funmi Olonisakin.
Professor Olanisakin made the remarks while delivering the keynote address at the annual Thabo Mbeki Africa Day Lecture on Tuesday.
She called out the African Union and regional bloc IGAD for being indifferent to the humanitarian crisis happening in the region that borders Eritrea.
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