Choosing a new leader and preventing genocide are just a couple of the AU’s priorities. BY CONOR GAFFEY Fears Of War Increase As South Sudan Replaces Vice President Once a year, the heads of 54 African countries gather in the Ethiopian capital to hammer out solutions (or not) to the continent’s big issues. The 28th…
Photo: The New Times | Moroccan King Mohammed VI in Rwanda. By Joseph Rwagatare Two countries are making determined efforts to return to Africa. One is, in fact, an African country. Morocco left the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) 32 years ago over the admission of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic…
Newsweek Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi poses for the camera during a meeting with kings, princes, sultans and the sheikhs of various tribes of Africa in Benghazi on August 28, 2008. Qaddafi started pushing for an African Union based loosely on the EU back in 1999.MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/GETTY Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi, killed by rebels in 2011,…
AU Agenda 2063 By Arthur Chatora — The African Union has said the continent could soon become border less with the introduction of an African passport as part of the bloc’s 2063 Agenda. So far, two countries – Rwanda and Mauritius are implementing the plan. The African Union has said the free movement of citizens…