OAU Becomes African Union - 2002-07-07 October 30, 2009 12:09 PM Share . Print. Monday marks the final session of the Organization of African Unity, on Tuesday, the OAU will become the African ...

He also said next year's OAU summit would be held in Zambia. OAU's rotating presidency is held by Togo, which has taken over from Algeria. Several African leaders, Presidents Paul Biya from ...

Kenya marked 35 years since the landmark pro-democracy protests of 1990 that pushed for an end to a one-party state, but the ...

African heads of state have signed a draft agreement for a new African Union ... Salim compared the signing of the treaty with the signing of the charter of the OAU in 1963, ...

In 2025, the African Union (AU), which succeeded the OAU, has embraced the theme "Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations," signalling a powerful commitment to ...

The African Union's human rights court has rejected petitions by former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo and former prime minister Guillaume Soro to overturn bans on their running in the country's ...

From this tentative beginning, the OAU evolved rapidly in seven years to the point of its own replacement in 2000 by the African Union (AU). At its adoption in 1963, the founding Charter of the ...

The African Union is often criticised as an institution without real power, but for political analysts, the simple fact that it exists is a huge achievement. The Organisation of African Unity (OAU ...

Delegates from across the African continent gathered in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, Thursday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the creation of the Organization of African Unity, the ...

On September 9, 1999, the African Union (AU) was first announced in Sirte, Libya, an evolution of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) created in 1963 with roots in anti-colonial struggles the ...

The African Union (AU) is one of UNHCR’s most important partners and a leader in global efforts to resolve forced displacement, which causes suffering for tens of millions of people. Forcible ...