Monday, May 28, 2007
May 27th 2007 – Source: Xinhua
The civil society in Africa have criticized the delay in launching of public consultations on the possibility of forming of the United States of Africa ahead of an African Union (AU) Summit in Accra in July to discuss the issue.
“Without public consultation, the United States of Africa proposal will have as much chance of flying as an elephant,” Thomas Deve of Mwelekeo wa NGO (MWENGO), a Zimbabwean civil rights organization said in a statement issued in Nairobi on Saturday.
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Information on more CSO events hosted in Accra, Ghana, in parallel to the June Heads of States Summit of the Africa Union is available More_CSO_events_for_June_AU_summit.doc.
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25th May, 2007 marked the Africa Union Day celebrations and the start of public consultations in over fifteen countries just a few weeks before 53 Heads of States meet in Accra to agree on the AU proposal to establish the United States of Africa. In an unprecedented decision, the Heads of States agreed in January to meet in Accra on July 2-3 to discuss only one agenda, the establishment of a Union Government as a first step towards the United States of Africa.
Despite extensive research, and consultations, the proposal is yet to be placed before Africa’s 832 million citizens for consultation. Civil societies with and without support from governments have kicked off debates in fifteen countries. The debates are an unprecedented attempt to involve the public across Africa in the decision-making processes of the African Union Assembly.
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Friday, May 25, 2007
Climate change and the ruinous effects it is likely to bring to Africa may be worrisome, but what appears to be more challenging to the continent’s leadership now is the proposed Union government that would embrace, at least, 53 nations, if it materialises.
It’s not because the issue has gripped so much the mind of the big shots, but the barometer of public opinion indicates that the African civil society debating the proposal could be rising to this opportunity to re-write the rulebooks on governance in practice.
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