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1.	Africa’s new declaration of independence
	Author: Peter Fabricius	Date Written: 30 May 2013
	Primary Category: AU/NEPAD	Document Origin: Institute for Security Studies - ISS-Today
	Secondary Category: History	Source URL: http://www.issafrica.org/iss-today/
	Key Words: Indpendence, economic, military, judicial
	Summary & Comment: Inspired by the spirit of their founding fathers exactly 50 years before, African Union (AU) leaders made a bold new declaration of independence at their summit in Addis Ababa this week. On Saturday, 25 May, they celebrated the founding of the OAU. This independence will be economic,(to be free of foreign aid); military (an African Rapid Reaction . . . [expand]
2.	Celebrating Tajudeen, the OAU and AU: which way Africa?
	Author: Ama Biney	Date Written: 23 May 2013
	Primary Category: AU/NEPAD	Document Origin: Pambazuka Issue 631
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http:// http://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/ /87501
	Key Words: PanAfricanism, OAU, AU,50 anniversary, Tajudeen
	Summary & Comment: This special issue celebrates not only 50 years of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and its successor, the African Union (AU), but also the life of the late Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, a staunch Pan-Africanist. Some of the themes of this issue are set out, as well as future challenges facing the AU and Pan-Africanists.
3.	The World Social Forum: Still Meeting Its Challenge.
	Author: Immanuel Wallerstein	Date Written: 1 April 2013
	Primary Category: AU/NEPAD	Document Origin: commentary 350
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL:
	Key Words: World Social Forum, progress; unity, left
	Summary & Comment: At end of 12 years the World Social Forum is alive and well. It was founded as a space of resistance. It remains the only place where all sides to these debates come together to continue the discussion.And there also seem always to be new persons and groups arriving who seek to participate and contribute to the construction of an efficacious world . . . [expand]
4.	Connecting with the African diaspora
	Author: Liesl Louw-Vaudran	Date Written: 31 May 2012
	Primary Category: AU/NEPAD	Document Origin: Institute for Security Studies
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.issafrica.org/
	Key Words: African Union, Diaspora, development
	Summary & Comment: The official AU definition of the Diaspora is ‘peoples of African origin living outside the continent, ..who are willing to contribute to the development of the continent and the building of the African Union’. Yet millions of Africans living outside the continent are not inclined or able to contribute to Africa’s development on a grand scale... Wh . . . [expand]
5.	African Union vote a setback for South Africa
	Author: Jakkie Cilliers & Liesl Louw-Vaudran	Date Written: 17 February 2012
	Primary Category: AU/NEPAD	Document Origin: Polity.org
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http:// http://www.polity.org.za
	Key Words: Minister, commission, peace
	Summary & Comment: African leaders are jostling for power to control the august African Union body. The struggle for control grew fierce to an extent that there was a stalemate in choosing the new commission to rule for the next four years. M. Makoni
6.	Africa: Economic Commission for Africa boss praises NEPAD
	Author: Staff Writer	Date Written: 11 October 2011
	Primary Category: AU/NEPAD	Document Origin: News from Africa
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.newsfromafrica.org
	Key Words: Africa, NEPAD, AU, development
	Summary & Comment: "Using partnership as its primary strategy, NEPAD effectively made progress with the issues of peace and security in Africa, effectively linking economic development and growth with peace and security on the continent." A too-glowing report on the achievements of NEPAD, which relies mostly on private sector funding which funds only if it . . . [expand]
7.	African political unity must be more selective
	Author: William Gumede	Date Written: 14 July 2011
	Primary Category: AU/NEPAD	Document Origin: Pambazuka News, Issue 539
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org
	Key Words: Africa, economic justice, politics, resource extraction
	Summary & Comment: Political unity across much of African has proven to be a question of ‘glorified clubs of leadership chums’ protecting one another through regional institutions, writes William Gumede. MEM