It is always difficult to talk about Ghana’s March 6 independence day without talking about Dr.Kwame Nkrumah–quintessential Pan-Africanist. I cannot wait to see what the African Union (AU) has in store to commemorate his birthday on 21st September, and what they also have for AU day on 25 May!

African representatives met yesterday in Ethiopia to discuss climate change compensation. The gathering took place in preparation for the Copenhagen conference in December, when leaders from the continent are expected to ask for billions of dollars to cover the damage caused by global warming. Although African countries pollute much less than wealthier nations, experts believe [...]

The United Nations and the African Union today launched a new tool, designed in partnership with the Microsoft Corporation, to help map investment flows on the continent and provide business leaders the information they need to make sound decisions.
The Internet-based Investment Monitoring Platform will “provide data and information on the characteristics of foreign and domestic [...]

The African Union summit opened yesterday in the coastal town of Sirte in Libya amid divided opinions over a proposed African government. Leaders had agreed in February to create an AU Authority to centralise the executive powers of the 53 member states, but there is disagreement over the Libyan leader Moammar Kadhafi’s proposal to give [...]

I believe it sincerely to be a blessing in disguise to have a putative erratic character like Al-Qaddafi at the helm of the AU in this year, and at this time when we are in the centenary of one of the most visionary Africans that ever lived –Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.

Gaddafi wants a United States of Africa and used his AU inaugural address “to push his long-cherished unity project and called for integration to begin immediately.” But are the 53 African states ready for wholesome integration?

Moammar Gaddafi of Libya took over the leadership rein of the African Union and promises to realize his vision: emergence of a United States of Africa, but it appears no one is keen on the idea.

A spokesman for Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe has rejected criticism of the country’s presidential election, saying those who call the vote illegitimate can ‘go hang’.
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How does African Union deal with presidents who inaugurate themselves in faulty elections? There are lot of elections that have not been not been free and fair.