Erstellt am: 16. 7. 2012 - 17:18 Uhr

What's going on in North Korea?

Reality Check: Military mentor to North Korean leader dismissed; the usefulness of the African Union

North Korea

EPA/YONHAP/KCNA SOUTH KOREA

Why has North Koreas's new young leader, Kim Jong-un suddenly got rid of his mentor, one of the top generals within the regime? The official line from Pyongyang is that it is because of ill-health, but is that the real reason? And what does this move tell us about the state of things in this notoriously secretive country. Aidan Foster Carter, one of the West's leading experts on North Korea, gives us his take on the latest developments:

The African Union

This year’s African Union summit is taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was elected on Sunday to become the first female head of the AU, but how relevant is the AU to the challenges people face on the African continent? We get the throughts of Africa expert Tom Lodge from the University of Limerick:

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