Tag Archives: Pan-Africanism

Address by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Dlamini Zuma

Honourable Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi, President of the Pan African Parliament, Honourable Vice Presidents of the Parliament, Honourable Members of the Parliament, Your Excellencies, Members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps, The Clerk and Staff of the Parliament, Distinguished Ladies and … read more »

Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Libya, Nigeria, Op-ed, South Africa, South Sudan, Zimbabwe | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Is the African Union equipped to serve Africa’s people for another 50 years?

Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, guardian.co.uk Delegations from African countries listen to Haile Selassie in Addis Ababa in 1963 at the conference that set up the African Union. Photograph: AFP The African Union (AU) is now 50 years old. Amid the celebrations this … read more »

Posted in Article, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Op-ed, Sierra Leone, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, Zambia, Zimbabwe | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Africa: The Birth of the OAU

column Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, was a passionate believer in African unity, and a living link with the historic Pan-African movement which had promoted solidarity among people of African descent everywhere against colonialism and racism. Earlier Pan-Africanists had identified … read more »

Posted in African Union (AU), Article, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Op-ed, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

50 year old Uganda and Ethiopia host of OAU/AU for 50 years

By; Kiflu Hussain        Uganda is a 50 year old independent African country unlike Ethiopia that has been hosting OAU/AU for five decades while enjoying her own thousands of years of “independent”history.Ironically, Ethiopia has no independent institution which is equally … read more »

Posted in Article, Columnist, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kiflu Hussain, Nigeria, Op-ed, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Conference Sharing on OAU/AU 50th Anniversary with “Land Grabbing in Africa”

Dear All, You are cordially invited to attend a Conference Discussion Sharing Forum about “Land Grabbing in Africa” with its devastating catastrophic effects it puts on the People of Africa which in effect is causing harm and is hindering sustainable … read more »

Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Letters & Interviews, South Africa, Zimbabwe | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ethiopia: AU launches year-long OAU/AU 50th anniversary celebrations

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The year-long 50th anniversary celebrations of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU), were flagged off here Monday by Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the AU Commission, and Dr. Teodros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, … read more »

Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ethiopia comes together for women

Mohammed Awad ADDIS ABABA: Adina is a 24-year-old recent university graduate. For the past four years she has learned and worked toward achieving her goal of going abroad for a Master’s degree. This past week she received word from two … read more »

Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

African Union 50th Anniversary Celebration Launched

The 50th anniversary celebrations of the Africa Union (AU), which would be climaxed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the 25th of May, this year, have been launched in Accra. Briefing the media on the preparatory arrangements of the celebration, yesterday, … read more »

Posted in African Union (AU), Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ethiopia: Is European Union (EU) automated teller machine (ATM) for dictatorial regimes?

By; Kiflu Hussain As per the invitation I received from East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) to attend the launching of the establishment of Pan African Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) Network in Kampala, I took part … read more »

Posted in Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kiflu Hussain | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

AU leaders debate Pan-Africanism as waves of turmoil sweep continent

ByLi Lianxing As the African Union summit drew to a close in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, amid the crisis in Mali, leaders from more than 50 countries contemplated what Pan-Africanism has meant to the continent over the past five decades and … read more »

Posted in Benin, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

AU summit aims to reignite Africa’s renaissance

by Ronald Ssekandi ADDIS ABABA,  — African leaders will gather here on Sunday for a two-day meeting, aiming to bring about the continent’s renaissance in the context of globalization. They will be meeting at the 20th African Union summit held … read more »

Posted in African Union (AU), Angola, Article, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

African Union turns 50 – calls on nations to celebrate!

The African Union has called on its member countries, the economic community and Africans on the continent and in the DIaspora to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the continental organization. The AU Commission said that the actual … read more »

Posted in African Union (AU) | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Leadership Puppetry, Despotism, Corruption & Hypocrisy: Poisonous For Africa

By Tapiwa Kapurura, zimeye.org Pan-Africanist ideologies demand the elimination of the past colonial order, revamping of the dignity of the African person and the control of the resources on the land for the benefit of the native African. Such creeds … read more »

Posted in Article, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Meeting of the Heads of the African Union Commission, the Economic Commission for Africa and the African Development Bank Group

PRESS RELEASE   Meeting of the Heads of the African Union Commission, the Economic Commission for Africa and the African Development Bank Group   ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 13, 2013/ – Meeting of the Heads of the African Union Commission, … read more »

Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Press Releases | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

On the new AU boss and savage demolitions in Nigeria

Sokari Ekine It is ironic that just over a month ago President Joyce Banda of Malawi made the courageous decision not to invite President Omar Bashir to the AU Summit in Malawi. [Pambazuka, ]http://bit.ly/Lyds9l] On the basis of that decision … read more »

Posted in Article, News, Nigeria, West Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nigeria: Remembering Tajudeen Abdul –Raheem (Taju)

Three years ago today, on African Liberation Day, 25 May 2009, we of the continent were robbed of one of our finest liberation fighters. And that was the irony of the death of Dr Tajudeen Abdul –Raheem (affectionately called Taju), … read more »

Posted in Article, Nigeria, Pan African News, West Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Busia Challenges Africans And Global Humanity – Part 2

By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D. For the primitivistic African cultural nationalists in the postcolonial era, Busia offers this all-too-pragmatic reality check, as it were: “This is a reminder that cultures are not static. There is no society so custom-bound that … read more »

Posted in Article, News, Pan African News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Say no to Haile Selassie statue at AU

Emperor Haile Selassie was no pan-Africanist. In fact there is overwhelming evidence of his autocracy and rejection of the Black cause. It will be an injustice to African history to erect his statue at the new AU headquarters in Addis … read more »

Posted in Article, Letters & Interviews | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Abdoulaye Wade, are you a fraudulent Pan-Africanist?

President Wade wants a third term in office over the dead bodies of Senegalese people. Yet this is the same man who has tried to identify with Pan-Africanism. After Sunday’s elections, popular struggles for a better Senegal will continue. Abdoulaye … read more »

Posted in Article, Senegal, West Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Displeasure about AU’s failure to erect HIM Haile Selassie’s Statue

  H.E. Mr. Erastus Mwencha Acting Chairperson of AU Commission African Union Headquarters Roosevelt Street, W21K19 P.O. Box 3243 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel: (251) 11 551 77 00 ext 124 Fax:(251) 11 551 78 44, Chairperson@africa-union.org Re: Displeasure about AU’s … read more »

Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, Letters & Interviews | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Reminiscences of history on Ethiopia’s role in the founding of the OAU By Keffyalew Gebremedhin

Who is the founder of the OAU? A few days ago, by accident the mouse pointer of my computer hovered over the question: Who is the founder of the OAU? The place was on Answers.com . For some reason, it … read more »

Posted in African Union (AU), Article, Documents, Pan African News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

New AU HQ marks strong China-Africa ties

Addis Ababa – Towering above the Ethiopian capital, cloaked in urban smog, the new Chinese-built African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa is a bold symbol of China’s rapidly changing role in Africa. Once seen as strictly interested in extracting raw … read more »

Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Pan-African University (PAU) Fund-Raising Luncheon

INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA When: Tuesday, 31st January 2012 Where: New African Union Headquarters Conference Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Who: Organized by the Commission of Human Resources, Science and Technology (HRST) of the African Union Commission (AUC). Why: … read more »

Posted in Press Releases | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Walter Rodney, The Dar es Salaam School and the Current Situation

by Dani Wadada Nabudere, 2006 Walter Rodney made a significant contribution to the African academy, the Pan-African revolution, and human emancipation. This was fully demonstrated in his activist commitment to the cause of the liberation of the people of Africa … read more »

Posted in Article | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Official launch of the Pan African UniversityOn Wednesday 14 December 2011

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 13, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Invitation to the journalists Journalists are invited to attend the official launch of the Pan African University and a press conference at the African Union Commission on 14 December. The … read more »

Posted in Press Releases | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Empty Slogans and Ghana’s Diplomatic Imperatives (Part II)

Condemning Ghana for recognizing the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) at this stage in the Libyan political situation is hollow. There is no denying the fact that the NATO aggression against Gaddafi and his government is reprehensible. Despite protests, the … read more »

Posted in Analysis, Columnist, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, Michael Bokor, News, West Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Empty Slogans and Ghana’s Diplomatic Imperatives

My recent three-piece article on Ghana’s diplomatic manouevres toward Israel and the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) attracted diverse responses from readers. I have received e-mails with different messages, some expressing alarm, others commending my being open-minded, and some simply … read more »

Posted in Analysis, Columnist, Indepth Africa Magazine, Michael Bokor, Spotlight | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

At least one killed in Misrata shelling: residents

At least one person was killed and several wounded early Sunday when forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi shelled a building in the rebel-held city of Misrata, a resident told Reuters. The shelling hit a building which was previously … read more »

Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Libya, News, North Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Nato airstrikes kill 13 rebels

Benghazi – Airstrikes intended to thwart Muammar Gaddafi’s forces killed 13 rebel fighters in eastern Libya instead, the opposition said Saturday, but they described it as an “unfortunate accident” and stressed it did not diminish their support for the international … read more »

Posted in Libya, News, North Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Gadhafi’s forces adapt to airstrikes, pound rebels

Moammar Gadhafi’s ground forces recaptured a strategic oil town Wednesday and moved within striking distance of another major eastern city, nearly reversing the gains rebels made since international airstrikes began. Rebels pleaded for more help, while a U.S. official said … read more »

Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Libya, News, North Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment