South Africa’s foreign policy is supposed to be guided by the principle of ubuntu (humanness), so a visit to an aggressor is hard to explain.
The AU’s first two decades have largely represented a magical, mystical world of unfulfilled expectations.
A lack of principled consistency in solving conflicts makes Africa’s non-aligned position look like short-sighted opportunism.
Washington must overcome growing anti-west sentiment on the continent given the development alternative that China offers.
Many countries have joined more than one organisation, which divides loyalties and constrains capacity and cohesion.
