nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/c0ee0ef905b8f512 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260220s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/c0ee0ef905b8f512 doi eng 342 23 Nkengurutse, Hakim Author aut Fox in the Henhouse - Burundi’s Conflicted African Union Presidency Nkengurutse, Hakim Verfassungsblog 2026-02-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Burundi has assumed the rotating presidency of the African Union at a moment when violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is escalating – and with thousands of its own troops deployed there. The Union’s institutional design neither anticipates nor restrains a chair drawn from a state directly involved in the conflict, embedding a structural tension at the heart of its peace mandate. The 2026 presidency will test whether continental leadership can rise above national security interests or whether the fox now guards the henhouse. CC BY-SA 4.0 African Union Burundi Presidency Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/burundi-african-union-presidency/ raw object