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Institute for Security Studies

From Durban to Maputo

A review of 2003 Summit of the African Union


Jakkie Cilliers

Contact: jkc@iss.co.za

Institute for Security Studies

ISS Paper 76 - August 2003

Posted with permission of the Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria
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“Africa’s prospects for growth and development are affected by the trends prevailing in the global community. The most important recent developments are the emergence of the global war on terrorism, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. International security issues have supplanted other priorities on the global agenda. The fear is that this may eclipse the focus on poverty and underdevelopment, particularly in Africa…”1


Footnote:
  1. Progress report of HE Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chairperson of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee (HSIC) to the Second Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, Assembly/AU/Rpt (ll), p 2.


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