Africa: AU Or United States of Africa?

1 February 2009
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Paul Ohia — Whenever the president of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi starts touting his idea of a United States of Africa just like he did yesterday at African Union (AU) summit in Ethiopia, this writer starts wondering what AU stands for in the first place.

Despite the fact that Gaddafi is the most vocal advocate of a union government in recent times, the former leader of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah originated the idea during his fight for the independence of Ghana and some say the present European Union copied from this idea and made the best of it.

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