| Unity Is Strength | To live up to higher expectations, it is crucial for the African Union to further improve its ability to address crises without interference from the West and promote balanced development across the continent | | more | | |
 | | Leading Africa Forward | | | As African countries gear up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity, the predecessor of the African Union, Beijing Review spoke with several African ambassadors to China to solicit their opinions on the AU's role and future development | | Full Story | |
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| About African Union | On September 9, 1999, the Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity issued a declaration calling for the establishment of an African Union, with a view, inter alia, to accelerating the process of integration in the continent to enable it play its rightful role in the global economy while addressing multifaceted social, economic and political problems compounded as they are by certain negative aspects of globalisation | | more | | |
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