On this day in 1963, the Organisation of African Unity (OUA) now known as the Africa Union (AU) was founded in Addis Ababa with a commitment to free the continent from colonial rule and to improve the living standards across member states.
Fifty-five years later, so much has changed on the continent politically, socially and economically. The continent has produced some of the brightest minds who have shaped the global development agenda like the late Nelson Mandela, the late Thomas Sankara, the late Winnie Mandela, Kofi Annan, Chinua Achebe, Graca Machel and Phumzile Ngcuka Mlambo just to mention a few.
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