EDITORIAL: How can the AU be expected to keep the continent in order when it cannot keep its own house in order?
The African Union is supposed to be the pinnacle of governance in Africa. If so, this continent is in deep trouble., which functions as the AU’s secretariat; and the Pan-African Parliament, supposedly the highest legislative body in Africa.
In both cases, the sexual harassment allegations were linked to other offences, including nepotism, corruption and bullying, suggesting that the AU’s working culture has become deeply toxic — and that there are no repercussions for the leaders alleged to have made it so. There is, however, some cause for optimism. The only reason that we know about the abuses taking place is because of whistle-blowers who have risked their livelihoods, and because of witnesses who have testified against some of Africa’s most powerful men before international panels of inquiry. The strike this month by the staff of the Pan-African Parliament is an unprecedented public display of solidarity with victims of abuse.
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