Agwambo Odera (Press release)—On 15 April 1958, in the city of Accra, Ghana, African leaders and political activists gathered at the first conference of independent African states.
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(Pana)-- African ambassadors and government representatives from the 53 African Union member states met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss the transformation of the African Union Commission (AUC) into an Authority, officials said Friday.
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(PANA)-- African Union (AU) election observers, who arrived in Ethiopia Tuesday to observe the country’s parliamentary polls, are dogged by a credibility crisis, heightened by the AU’s perceived ‘see no evil, hear no evil’ approach.
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(Zerbo)-- ‘Colonies Françaises d’Afrique’ or ‘Communauté Financière Africain’: same acronym, same reminder of the colonies we were, and of the neo-colonial system we are confined in. An acronym and system taped to our backs by decree, on Christmas Day, 1945.
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