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The consummation of the African Union (AU) threatens to degenerate into an outlandish caricature of the vision first charted by the founding fathers of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), writes Gamal Nkrumah

Africa's uphill struggle
Africa needs a new framework with which to carve out a niche for itself in the era of globalisation, writes Wagih Salama

Amara Essy No easy task for Essy
The newly-elected OAU Secretary-General Amara Essy tells Africa that he is determined to break the mould of the continent's politics and end its many raging and draining conflicts, writes Gamal Nkrumah

On the lighter side
Maurice Guindi remembers some of his experiences while covering the erstwhile OAU for more than a decade

High flyer

Ambassador at 22; OAU secretary-general for an unprecedented three four-year terms; there is hardly a post, save president, that he has not held in his native Tanzania. He served as minister of defence, foreign minister and prime minister, included. In an exclusive interview Salim Ahmed Salim shares some of the highlights of his astounding career with Gamal Nkrumah

Pan-African odyssey
The fight for African continental unity, emancipation and self-determination started as an elusive Pan-African dream, and the crowning achievement was the birth of the OAU, writes Mursi Saad El-Din

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		Al-Ahram Weekly Online 19 - 25 July 2001 Issue No.543
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