The AU certainly has a chequered legacy in East Africa. With predictions that violence will continue in Kenya, few have confidence that Union will provide a competent peacekeeping force. Yet this is not always rooted in ineptitude. Rather, a lack of logistical capacity has hindered its abilities militarily. This was demonstrated in Darfur, where the AU was only able to deploy 12,000 soldiers in a region the size of Germany.
In Eritrea, the AU is often regarded with little more than contempt. The AU has accused the government of giving support to militant Islamic factions within Somalia, demanding in 2009 thatsanctions be imposed. For an organisation that so very rarely criticises its member states, this was an unprecedented move indeed – something the Eritrean government was fully aware of.
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