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Dancers perform at a recent SADC meeting. A regional parliament could see more women represented in southern African legislatures. Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images

August 7, 2024

Southern Africa may get a regional parliament: what good would it do – if it’s given enough power?

Gwinyayi A. Dzinesa, University of Johannesburg

The Southern African Development Community Parliament will have the delicate job of ensuring good participatory regional governance while protecting national sovereignty.

Delegates at the African Union Summit held in Malabo, Capital of Equatorial Guinea, on 27 May 2022 to address worsening humanitarian crises in Africa. AFP via Getty Images

August 11, 2022

Not yet uhuru: the African Union has had a few successes but remains weak

Adekeye Adebajo, University of Pretoria

The AU’s first two decades have largely represented a magical, mystical world of unfulfilled expectations.

The Pan African Parliament in session in Midrand, South Africa. EPA/Jon Hrusa

May 24, 2018

Why the Pan‑African Parliament must clean up its act if it wants to survive

Babatunde Fagbayibo, University of South Africa

Reports of profligacy by the leaders of the Pan African Parliament could further diminish its legitimacy, which is already being questioned .

Guests and delegates attend the opening of the Pan African Parliament’s second sitting in Midrand, Johannesburg. Reuters/Juda Ngwenya

November 23, 2017

Toothless Pan‑African Parliament could have meaningful powers. Here’s how

Babatunde Fagbayibo, University of South Africa

The limited “consultative and advisory powers” of the Pan African Parliament hamper the African Union’s ability to achieve a prosperous and peaceful Africa as envisioned in its Agenda 2063.

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