Vol 42 No 14 | ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY The last summit 13th July 2001 At least two years of tough negotiations and fund-raising lie ahead if the new African Union is to win credibility African leaders went to Lusaka to bury the Organisation of African Unity not to praise it. Old habits die hard, though. As 24 presidents and one king presided...
Vol 42 No 14 | ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY Map meets compass 13th July 2001 One of the African Union's first tests will be to agree on an economic recovery plan and - harder - implement it. Amid the wreckage of earlier plans,...
Vol 42 No 14 | LIBYAORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY Gadaffi's big tent 13th July 2001 Irritating Western powers is an enduring spectator sport in Africa as the continuing interest in Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi shows (AC Vol 42 No 11). Addressing several hundred...
Vol 41 No 15 | ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY Unity Gadaffi-style 21st July 2000 African unity was not much advanced when the Organisation of African Unity met in Lomé last week. The host was Togo's controversial President Gnassingbé Eyadéma backed by Libya's...
Vol 41 No 4 | EUROPEAN UNIONORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY Fudge all round 18th February 2000 Finding a suitable name was the toughest job behind the 11 February announcement of a Europe-Africa summit in Cairo on 2-3 April. Portugal holds the European Union's six-monthly...
Vol 40 No 15 | ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY Tougher talk 23rd July 1999 Africa's big three – Algeria, Nigeria and South Africa – focused the summit on peace talks and ending military rule For once, the Organisation of African Unity caught the mood of the continent, balanced uneasily between hope and despair. Hope that, after shaky ceasefire agreements in Congo-Kinshasa and...
Vol 39 No 12 | ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY Bienvenue a` Ouaga 12th June 1998 A week of crises and conflicts highlights the flaws in OAU peacekeeping plans The Eritrean-Ethiopian border war, the army mutiny in Guinea Bissau and the sudden death of the Nigerian leader, General Sani Abacha, left the Organisation of African Unity summit...
Vol 39 No 2 | ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITYGREAT LAKES Embarrassing 23rd January 1998 Many African officials, United Nations officials and others, including the French government, are hoping the Organisation of African Unity changes its mind. On 11-12 February in Harare, the...
Vol 37 No 15 | ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY Missing Mandela 19th July 1996 Burundi dominated a surprisingly well attended Organisation of African Unity summit in Yaoundé on 8-10 July: 31 heads of state turned up. Next on the agenda was the...