How Important Is The African Union?
Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml With Africa's growing economic power, the African Union is bound to grow more powerful. So what is the African Union? Learn More: Profile: African...
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President Mugabe of Zimbabwe is currently blacklisted by the European Union, yet he made waves in January 2015, when he was elected to chair the African Union. The position is largely ceremonial, but human rights groups aren’t happy with the appointment. So, what is the African Union? Well, it’s like the EU, but for the continent of Africa. It originally began in 1963, as a slightly different entity - the Organization for African Unity, which primarily fought colonialism from European countries like the UK and Portugal. The OAU is famous for helping eradicate apartheid in South Africa, and mediating several border disputes during the 60s. But it was re-vamped at the turn of the century to focus more on promoting health, democracy, education, peace and human righ...
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President Mugabe of Zimbabwe is currently blacklisted by the European Union, yet he made waves in January 2015, when he was elected to chair the African Union. The position is largely ceremonial, but human rights groups aren’t happy with the appointment. So, what is the African Union? Well, it’s like the EU, but for the continent of Africa. It originally began in 1963, as a slightly different entity - the Organization for African Unity, which primarily fought colonialism from European countries like the UK and Portugal. The OAU is famous for helping eradicate apartheid in South Africa, and mediating several border disputes during the 60s. But it was re-vamped at the turn of the century to focus more on promoting health, democracy, education, peace and human righ...
