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I'm a Proud African Union(AU) Citizen
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discussions and reflections--both popular and otherwise--on the necessity to create a united Africa
Recent Posts
Cry Our Beloved Guinea!
I am beginning to feel a bit embarassed about the situation in Guinea: I don't quite understand what's going on there. Is Camara going to stand in the election -- or is he not?If he does, then he is contradicting all that he has said about restoring ...
Vacancy Announcement: FES Liaison Officer to the African Union
(thx to AU-Citizens Yahoo list-serv:)Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Addis Ababa Office Announcement of Vacancy FES Liaison Officer to the African Union Addis Ababa, 25th September, 2009 Background Established in 2002, the African Union is becoming an in...
Highlight of last week: "Africa must indeed unite, but does that mean we should disband the regional economic communities?"
African Union (AU) Africa must indeed unite, but does that mean we should disband the regional economic communities? What value do they have?August 27 at 11:05am · Comment · Like / Unlike · View Feedback (4)Hide Fe...
Is West Africa Really Irrelevant to its Citizens?(1)
I am copying below a piece by Public Agenda newspaper of a book launch that took place two weeks ago. I was also asked to cover that launch. I want to post the "official" version from a paper here, noting that the initial comments by "stakeholders" w...
Facebook Friday:What's Cooking in the "Statusophere" on AU?
It's been a while since I asked a question that generated as much discussion as this one this pastt week. My questions was:The EU tells us that with the Lisbon strategy, they will become a competitive economy by 2020. The African Union*AU* tells us t...
No Excuses for the AU-frican: Go Educate Yourself!
It needs not be said how great the obstacles out there as an African remain. I am not content being a Ghanaian and a West African/ECOWAS community citizen. Surely Africa is more than Ghana and West Africa?I can get up tomorrow, find some money, head ...

