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African Court Must Be Relevant

"Africa is in urgent need of a court that will strengthen rather than diminish the accountability of governments."  This is the gist of the article by Chidi Odinkalu and Nobuntu Mbelle on...

Open Letter Letter to the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government, 11th Ordinary session, and the Executive Council of Ministers, 13th Ordinary session

The Coalition for an Effective African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereinafter referred to as the Coalition) calls on the African Union (A.U.) to assure the right of individual access to ...

Mixed feelings as Africa marks Africa Day 2008

Pictures of 32 OAU Founders
OAU Leaders

On 25 May 1963, leaders of 32 African countries formed the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which became the African Union (AU) in July 2002. Every year since then African Day has been commemor...