Qeerransoo Biyyaa: African Union Failed to Deliver From Cape Town to Cairo
If the visionary founders of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) such as H.M Haile Silassie of the Empire of Ethiopia, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana and General Abdul Nasser of Egypt etc., who were also deeply rooted in African philosophy and politics of liberation, were to watch over the recent African Union (AU) leaders, would they ridicule and scoff at them for letting the continent fall apart in front of their eyes?
What has been the relevance of AU in freeing the continent from conflict, poverty, and dictatorship for the last 46 years? This sounds like a huge project, but I will try to tackle some of the current major challenges confronting the continent. Maybe, AU and OAU together have held 46 summits over this period only to decide on issues in favor of the dictators from the member countries, while creating an illusion of the economic and political integration of Africa amongst the African populace from Cairo to Cape Town.
The current commentary is to reawaken the conscious of the Africans populace and African Diaspora about the need for the structural transformation of the AU to better protect African interests.
These are the main objectives the OAU espoused from the early years of 1960s until 1999, when AU altered some of its ´pre-liberation´ objectives:
To rid the continent of the remaining vestiges of colonization and apartheid; to promote unity and solidarity among African states; co-ordinate and intensify cooperation for development.”
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