Monday, February 19, 2007

Crises in Dafur: A Litmus Test – African Union (AU)







When President Richard M Nixon left for China on February 17, 1972 on a visit which helped to end the hostility between the United States of America and the Communist China and which of course led to a joint agreement to work toward peace in Asia and to develop closer economic, diplomatic and cultural ties between the two, what lesson could there have been for African leaders through the then toothless Organization for African Unity(OAU), now African Union (AU)?



You will agree with me that AU can never hope to bring peace to the crises ridden region of Dafur (just one of the numerous crises ridden regions in Africa) because its (AU) membership - North, South, East and West - comprises of leaders who have failed their citizens in their own countries!

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