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Options for Strengthening the Africa Union

November 17, 2005

CSIS Africa Program Co-Director, Jennifer Cooke, testified November 17, 2005 before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs. Her testimony focused on the African Union’s inception and how the United States can optimize assistance to this fledgling organization.

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