Togo, officially the Togolese Republic (French: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. The country extends ...

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and the ...

The name "Sierra Leone" dates back to 1462, when Portuguese explorer Pedro da Cintra, sailing down the West African coast, saw the tall mountains rising up on what is now the Freetown Peninsula and ...

In 1999, the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU decided to convene an extraordinary session to expedite the process of economic and political integration in the continent. On ...

The movement for cultural consciousness and identity hinged on African unity are traceable in the ideas of Pan-Africanism. Pan-Africanism was seen as the necessary philosophy around which all people ...

Decolonisation and the Struggle against Apartheid. One of the major preoccupations of the OAU was the liberation of African states from colonial rule by establishing the Coordinating Committee for the ...

The African Union (AU) is the continental body consisting of 55 Member States that make up the countries of the African Continent. It was officially launched in 2002, as the successor to the ...

The Commemorative activities of the OAU at 60 years is an opportunity to celebrate and recognize the role and contribution of our founders of the continental organizations but also, many other ...

The year 2023 marks 60 years since the formation of the Organization of the African Unity (OAU) on 25 May 1963. The OAU later relaunched into the African Union in 2002. In celebrating 60 years of the ...