AU-Monitor: Issue 97, 2007

[Hakima Abbas]

Ordinary SADC Summit

The 27th Ordinary SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government will  
take place from 10 - 18 August 2007 in Lusaka, Zambia.  The draft  
program and media program are now available at www.aumonitor.org.


African Union Ambassador to the USA

Washington, DC, July 26, 2007---The African Union (AU) Ambassador to  
the United States of America yesterday presented her Letters of  
Credence to President George W. Bush at the White House in  
Washington, DC.  The presentation of credentials accrediting  
Ambassador Amina Salum Ali, a national of the United Republic of  
Tanzania, marks a new chapter in the relationship between Africa and  
the United States.

Read more:
www.aumonitor.org/comments/297


Ownership of African Institutions Is Central

Interview with Janah Ncube, Agency for Co-operation and Research in  
Development (ACORD).

Janah Ncube is currently the Senior Policy Advisor on Poverty and  
Development at the SADC Secretariat in Botswana. At the time of this  
interview she was the Gender Thematic Manager at ACORD in Nairobi,  
Kenya. In March, Emily Mghanga interviewed her on the proposal to  
form a Continental Government. While this interview took place before  
the Accra Grand Debate in July, many of the issues are still  
relevant. This interview is part of the Peoples’ Voices series of  
interviews with African citizens and CSO leaders on the AU proposal  
for Continental Government.  Ivy Maina of Pan Africa Programme Oxfam  
edited this interview.

Read more:
www.aumonitor.org/comments/296/


No Unity Without Emancipation

Interview with Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, Open Society Justice Initiative.

Chidi Anselm Odinkalu is the Senior Legal Officer for Africa Open  
Society Justice Initiative. He is based in Abuja, Nigeria. In March  
2007, Emily Mghanga interviewed Odinkalu in his personal capacity as  
an African citizen on the proposal to form an African Continental  
Government. While this interview took place before the Accra Grand  
Debate at the AU summit in July, many of the issues are still  
relevant.  This interview is part of the Peoples’ Voices series of  
interviews with African citizens and CSO leaders on the AU proposal  
for Continental Government.  Ivy Maina of Pan Africa Programme Oxfam  
edited this interview.

Read more:
www.aumonitor.org/comments/295/


African Youth Coalition Against EPAs

PRESS RELEASE - African Governments must not sign EPAs but double its  
efforts to achieve MDGs.

Read more:
www.aumonitor.org/comments/294/


African Crossroads: Whither Africa?

by Ikael Tafari - Africa is today at mid-course, in transition from  
the Africa of yesterday to the Africa of tomorrow. Even as we stand  
here we move from the past into the future. The task on which we have  
embarked, the making of Africa, will not wait.

Read more:
www.aumonitor.org/comments/293/


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