Roadmap To African Union. Kufuor Receives Audit Report
General News - Fri, 28 Dec 2007 A 13-MEMBER high-level Panel Audit of the African Union (AU) has completed its work and presented a report to President John Agyekum Kufuor, Chairman of the AU.

The committee, which was established by the AU chairman in line with the Accra declaration after the 9th African Union Summit was tasked with the responsibility of auditing policy and programme implementation of the Union.

It was also assigned to create a roadmap and timetable for the unification of African governments.

At the three-day AU summit, while some of the African leaders present called for the immediate federation of the continent of 53 countries with one government, its own army and an agreed foreign policy, others who did not oppose the unity of the continent felt it should be done gradually.

Professor Adebayo Adedeji, chairman of the committee who called on President Kufuor at the Castle, Osu, to present the report, observed that “this is the first time ever that a Pan-African organisation is being audited” and that the panel completed its work in two months though it was projected to take between six and nine months. “We had to get the report ready before the next summit.”

He stated that to come out with a good report, the committee, apart from interacting with members of regional economic committees, Africans in the Diaspora among others, studied and analysed over 3000 documents.

He mentioned that a special website was also created where memorandums were received from the public.

According to him, the over 200-page report which is divided into three parts looks at the background of the AU, the accelerators and identifies roadmap offering alternatives.

“The report offers all the alternatives. We plead with you to take the fastest route,” he told the AU chairman after handing over the report.

President Kufuor, receiving the document, commended the members of the committee for the good work done. “Africa is lucky to have its own children of caliber working to define the continent.

“At long last we are getting there with determination to define the continent.”

The document, he pointed out, “would be a document owned by Africans all over”.

He however re-tasked the committee to connect with the AU committee of five and as well distribute the report to the members of the AU council of ministers and all African heads of state to ensure that they study the report concurrently.

This, he said, would help identify the way forward before the next summit, so that “when heads of state decide, it would be on firm grounds”. The next AU summit would be held in January 2008 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
By Emelia Ennin

Ghana General News of Friday, 28 December 2007 - Roadmap To African Union. Kufuor Receives Audit Report


I think this is a great plan. I wonder how long it will take for a President and this to be named the United states of Africa?

matthew, please add your own opinion to this or pose a question on your own towards the other forume members.
Simple Cut&paste is against the forum rules.

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I think this is a great idea, I hope they form the United states of Africa. At least the African union is seriously considering making this a nation in are straight forward about it. I got to hand it to them. Unlike the EU that has to craw across glass to bring peace and stabity across a place that been fighting for a thousand years.

My respect for Africa will go up ten fold if this becomes so.

The AU definitely has potential in my eyes to improve the situation of Africa. But I am sceptical that those big words above are so easily transferred into reality.

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very interesting if it actually pans out that is. African leaders tend to focus more on symbolic jestures than actual substenitive goals.

don't get me wrong though I hope it actual goes somewhere.

even tho im a great supporter for Unity anywhere, but i dont find African Union going anywhere...

Mathew, what the EU is doing is right, they need to integrate before Unifing their territories, the AU doesnt do that, the AU is enormouse, and has lack of public support, people tend to see themselves related to smaller regions rather then the Entire Continent, for example a Namibian will probably call himself a Souther African rather then an African, an Egyptian will probably call himself an Arab rather then African, lets not forget that Africa has enormouse land, population, diversity...

Africans are more diverse then Europeans,
religiously, Culturally, Linguistically, geographically, politically everything... and they are not as educated and mature to have a smooth merging like the EU...

i dont think its achievable for the AU to evolve into one single nation,

I've got to agree with you. While I think it would be great for Africa to be one big country, I don't see it happening. I could see certain regions doing that, for example French-speaking West African countries, or Arab African countries.
I think it's impressive that they're considering this though.

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