The State of the Union, SOTU, is carrying out a campaign in which Africans are called upon to urge their governments to ratify the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance and the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa.

Take action: Click ]http://www.sotu-africa.org/?page_id=44]here to sign the petition.

The slow rate of ratification and domestication of key African Union instruments is alarming and continues to undermine the credibility of the continental body.