New audit report unearths institutional corruption, sex abuse at AU Commission
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By Victoria Ojeme
The report of an independent forensic and performance audit carried out last year at the African Union Commission has shown massive corruption and abuse of office ravaging the AU.
The report, which was obtained by Devex revealed anomalies in staff remuneration and allowances including irregular issuance of spousal allowances and double housing allowances issued to spouses working at AUC.
The audit, which was initiated by the AU Executive Council and was carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers, was tasked with investigating “possible wrong-doing, misuse, and/or mismanagement of the AUC’s resources” in several areas, including the staff recruitment and contract renewal process.
South Africa lost all its bids for positions on the African Union Commission this weekend, in what some are calling a failure of foreign policy.
South Africa and southern Africa failed to strategise ahead of the AU summit on Saturday and as a result lost any chance of securing the powerful position of commissioner for political affairs, peace and security.
The job went to Nigerian diplomat Bankole Adeoye. South Africa’s Jeremiah (Kingsley) Mamabolo, a seasoned diplomat who has been South Africa’s ambassador to the AU, UN, Nigeria and Zimbabwe as well as heading the joint African Union-United Nations Hybrid Mission in Darfur had been shortlisted for the post.
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases on the African continent has reached 3,626,960, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.According to the continental disease control and prevention agency s Covid-19 .
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Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, has said that "exceptional situation" caused by coronavirus pandemic has diverted the bloc s attention from the continent s priority issues.Although the pandemic .