Ulf Engel is Professor of ‘Politics in Africa’ at Leipzig University. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies at Addis Ababa University and the Department of Political Science at Stellenbosch University, respectively.

• ForewordAcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesList of AbbreviationsNotes on Contributors1 IntroductionUlf EngelPART 1: The Year-in-Review2 The World as Seen from Addis: The Africa Union and the Evolving Geopolitical ContextTim Murithi3 The State of the UnionUlf Engel4 Senegal’s Chairmanship of the African UnionAïssatou KantéPART 2: African Union Policy Fields5 Climate ChangeUlf Engel6 Education, Science, and TechnologyUlf Engel7 GovernanceAnnie Barbara Hazviyemurwi Chikwanha8 HealthEdefe Ojomo, Habibu Yaya Bappah, and Ulf Engel9 InfrastructureTim Zajontz and Mandira Bagwandeen10 Peace and SecurityDawit Yohannes Wondemagegnehu11 Regional Integration and TradeBruce Byiers12 Strategic PartnershipsUlf Engel13 Women and YouthCheryl Hendricks and Ulf EngelPART 3: Book ReviewsNew Publications on Continental MattersBook review editor: Jens HerpolsheimerPART 4: AppendicesAppendix 1: Chronicle of Key AU Events, 2022Appendix 2: Inventory of AU Decisions, 2022Appendix 3: Key AU Office Holders, 2022Index

Ulf Engel is Professor of ‘Politics in Africa’ at Leipzig University. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies at Addis Ababa University and the Department of Political Science at Stellenbosch University, respectively.

• ForewordAcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesList of AbbreviationsNotes on Contributors1 IntroductionUlf EngelPART 1: The Year-in-Review2 The World as Seen from Addis: The Africa Union and the Evolving Geopolitical ContextTim Murithi3 The State of the UnionUlf Engel4 Senegal’s Chairmanship of the African UnionAïssatou KantéPART 2: African Union Policy Fields5 Climate ChangeUlf Engel6 Education, Science, and TechnologyUlf Engel7 GovernanceAnnie Barbara Hazviyemurwi Chikwanha8 HealthEdefe Ojomo, Habibu Yaya Bappah, and Ulf Engel9 InfrastructureTim Zajontz and Mandira Bagwandeen10 Peace and SecurityDawit Yohannes Wondemagegnehu11 Regional Integration and TradeBruce Byiers12 Strategic PartnershipsUlf Engel13 Women and YouthCheryl Hendricks and Ulf EngelPART 3: Book ReviewsNew Publications on Continental MattersBook review editor: Jens HerpolsheimerPART 4: AppendicesAppendix 1: Chronicle of Key AU Events, 2022Appendix 2: Inventory of AU Decisions, 2022Appendix 3: Key AU Office Holders, 2022Index

Ulf Engel is Professor of ‘Politics in Africa’ at Leipzig University. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies at Addis Ababa University and the Department of Political Science at Stellenbosch University, respectively.

• ForewordAcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesList of AbbreviationsNotes on Contributors1 IntroductionUlf EngelPART 1: The Year-in-Review2 The World as Seen from Addis: The Africa Union and the Evolving Geopolitical ContextTim Murithi3 The State of the UnionUlf Engel4 Senegal’s Chairmanship of the African UnionAïssatou KantéPART 2: African Union Policy Fields5 Climate ChangeUlf Engel6 Education, Science, and TechnologyUlf Engel7 GovernanceAnnie Barbara Hazviyemurwi Chikwanha8 HealthEdefe Ojomo, Habibu Yaya Bappah, and Ulf Engel9 InfrastructureTim Zajontz and Mandira Bagwandeen10 Peace and SecurityDawit Yohannes Wondemagegnehu11 Regional Integration and TradeBruce Byiers12 Strategic PartnershipsUlf Engel13 Women and YouthCheryl Hendricks and Ulf EngelPART 3: Book ReviewsNew Publications on Continental MattersBook review editor: Jens HerpolsheimerPART 4: AppendicesAppendix 1: Chronicle of Key AU Events, 2022Appendix 2: Inventory of AU Decisions, 2022Appendix 3: Key AU Office Holders, 2022Index