African Union The African Union is a conglomerate of 53 African countries. The Libyan leader‚ Muammar Gaddafi in order to replace the old Organization of African Unity‚ which was no longer effective‚ conceived it in 2002. The union is based on the European Union and its goal is to create political and social development between the member nations. It also hopes to create better economic ties between each of the member nations. One of its goals is to have a single currency‚ much like the Euro
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The african union in short its known as the AU.İt was founded in 1960s by kwame nkrumah.İts subsequent objective was to unite africa and help it in many ways.The only all african non member is morocco.The other parties were organization of african unity(OAU) established on 25 may 1963 and the African Economic community(AEC) in 1981.İn the process of it rummors came up and argued that OAU in particular did little to protect the rights and liberties of African citizens from their own political leaders
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The African Union (AU) succeeded the Organization of African Unity (OAU)‚ which was formed in 1963. The OAU was a product of a compromise of African statesmen who wanted political union of all independent African states and those who preferred functional cooperation as a building block towards the construction of an African socio-psychological community. The OAU was then transformed to AU in Sirte‚ Libya in 2001 with African leaders aiming to harmonize the economic and political
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1. ABBREVIATONS AU: African Union COMESA: Common Market for Eastern and South Africa ECOWAS: Economic Community of Western African States EAC: East Africa Community EU: European Union ECCAS: Economic Community of Central African States MAU: Model African Union OAU: Organization of African Unity OAS: Organization of American States SADC: Southern African Development Community USIU: United States International University URTNA: Union of African National Radios and Televisions
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Practice of Preventive Diplomacy in the African Union Bethelhem Taye Alemu The Practice of Preventive Diplomacy in the African Union Acronyms APSA- African Peace and Security Architecture ASF- African Stand by Force AU- Africa Union CEWS- Continental Early Warning System COMESA- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ECOWAS - Economic Community of West African States ECCAS- Economic Community of Central African States EAC- East African Community IGAD- Intergovernmental
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Lasting peace and stability remains one thing that for a long time has eluded the African continent both in the pre colonial and the colonial era. The scourges of slave trade‚ inter-tribal warfare and more importantly the imposition of colonial rule on the people of Africa made peace and stability on the continent quite elusive. Obviously‚ one would foresee emancipation and independence as a sure way to relative peace and stability. Unfortunately‚ the post-colonial conflict situation on the continent
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African literature is highly diversified‚ even though it shows some similarities. In fact‚ the common denominator of the cultures of the African continent is undoubtedly the oral tradition. Writing on black Africa started in the middle Ages with the introduction of the Arabic language and later‚ in the nineteenth century with introduction of the Latin alphabet. Since 1934‚ with the birth of the "Negritude‚" African authors began to write in French or in English. Since the 1960’s quantitative and
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When first thinking of Africa not many people think of the great ancient African civilizations that shaped our world today. The movie the Wonders of the African World opened up my eyes to the amazing Black Kingdoms that were built in Africa and their advanced civilizations. The histories of these kingdoms have been ignored by many‚ for example the Nubian people had built great pyramids just as Egypt did and yet these people didn’t get the recognition for it. In fact‚ in ancient times these people
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Introduction I. African Renaissance: A Resurrection The theory of an African Renaissance has captured the interests of a number of intellectuals‚ reporters and politicians. In South Africa‚ where the concept has come to be closely identified with the political perceptions of former President Thabo Mbeki‚ it has been received as a proposal for “African political renewal and economic regeneration” (Ajulu‚ 2001: 87). The concept can thus be viewed as a “rebirth”; a resurrection-since it has inspired
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Essay 2: Critically discuss and analyze the different influences on‚ and the expressions of‚ African nationalism between the two world wars. There were various types of influences on Africa‚ which encouraged nationalism. The uniting of the continent brought on a movement called Pan- Africanism‚ although never succeeding in uniting all of Africa‚ it also brought up some of the most violent outbreaks against each other’s tribes and problems. Besides these devastating events‚ there have been some
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