[AU-Monitor] An Operational African Unity Government Should Not Be Delayed Beyond 2015 and more...

[Hakima Abbas]

An Operational African Unity Government Should Not Be Delayed Beyond  
2015

25th May, 2007 marked the Africa Union Day celebrations and the start  
of public consultations in over fifteen countries just a few weeks  
before 53 Heads of States meet in Accra to agree on the AU proposal  
to establish the United States of Africa.  In an unprecedented  
decision, the Heads of States agreed in January to meet in Accra on  
July 2-3 to discuss only one agenda, the establishment of a Union  
Government as a first step towards the United States of Africa.

Despite extensive research, and consultations, the proposal is yet to  
be placed before Africa’s 832 million citizens for consultation.   
Civil societies with and without support from governments have kicked  
off debates in fifteen countries. The debates are an unprecedented  
attempt to involve the public across Africa in the decision-making  
processes of the African Union Assembly.

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Additions to CSO Calendar
More information on CSO events hosted in Accra, Ghana, in parallel to  
the June Heads of States Summit of the Africa Union is available for  
download at
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African Civil Society Concerned Over Delay In Integrating Africa
May 27th 2007 – Source: Xinhua

The civil society in Africa have criticized the delay in launching of  
public consultations on the possibility of forming of the United  
States of Africa ahead of an African Union (AU) Summit in Accra in  
July to discuss the issue.

“Without public consultation, the United States of Africa proposal  
will have as much chance of flying as an elephant,” Thomas Deve of  
Mwelekeo wa NGO (MWENGO), a Zimbabwean civil rights organization said  
in a statement issued in Nairobi on Saturday.

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