Founded in 1963, the
"African Union however has since grown to become one of the continent's great disappointments: the pan African organization is widely derided as a den of dictators." [...]
"A clique of fat cat leaders with no term limits congregating annually at AU HQ in Ethiopia to wine and dine, as the suffering of Africans takes a back seat."
On the state of the African Union, @
Zecharias Zelalem reports.
Zecharias Zelalem wrote the following post Sat, 27 May 2023 09:33:16 +0200 Thursday was the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (now the African Union). Happy 60th!🎂
Founded in 1963 by African leaders keen on pushing out European colonial powers and securing independence for African territories, it played a role in ending colonization and apartheid rule in South Africa. It remains headquartered out of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the only African state to militarily fend off European colonizers and preserve its independence.
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