Next AU Commission faces headache of continental failure in wiping out conflicts

People fleeing the violence in West Darfur, cross the border into Adre, Chad on August 4, 2023.

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The African Union’s next Commission may have to carry the can of dealing with conflicts, a result of failure by the continental bloc to end violence in spite of a goal it set itself a decade ago.

A new report on the workings of the African Union in solving armed conflict on the continent says the AU has mostly failed in its methods, seeing more violence hotspots erupt in the past decade, compared to years before the target was set.