African Union

[Foreman]

The union is 97% reliant on outside donors with less than half the member states paying their dues in full

 

[Codeine]

Pathetic. I wonder if this will change in the next coming 100 years, or ever at all

 

[oday1kenobi]

AU is shit hence why the AU "peacekeeping" force in Somalia are doing a shit job as well.

Will watch the video later.

 

[Foreman]

literally and figuratively they have nothing to show of in 15 years except for bullying Gambia the tiny stretch pussy of a country. Cursed continent, cursed people.

 

[shaytan]

literally and figuratively they have nothing to show of in 15 years except for bullying Gambia the tiny stretch pussy of a country. Cursed continent, cursed people.

Don't blame them, blame yourself because this is a union. What has Somalia done for the African Union?


If you want to help the AU then let's work to make Somalia a great power in Africa that contributes.

 

[Foreman]

Don't blame them, blame yourself because this is a union. What has Somalia done for the African Union?

So it does not bother you that a continental organization that has existed for 15 years is primarily being funded by outsiders? Lets get real here AU is a failed project by all measures they have no real influence or tangible effect in Africa let alone world. It has failed to prevent and mediate conflict across Africa. I would even argue that Somalia as a country has done more for Africa than AU mercenaries.

Somalia has successfully mediated between Uganda and Tanzania diverting was otherwise would escalate into a full blown war.

Defusing tensions. Following tensions between Uganda and Tanzania 1972, OAU secretary general approached Kenya to mediate. However the Jomo Kenyatta government declined. With Kenya refusing to mediate, three other heads of state agreed to take on the task, but it was Somali president Siad Barre who succeeded and came up with a five-point peace plan

Then Somali president Siad Barre drafted a five-point peace plan which was presented to the two presidents by the Somali foreign minister Omar Arteh Ghalib.
American newspaper New York Times of September 24, 1972, reported that the plan had the following questions, “Would Uganda halt its bombing and land attacks if it were assured by Tanzania that it would not be attacked by Tanzanian troops or pro-Obote guerrillas? Would Tanzania, given an assurance that the Ugandan Army would not attack it, undertake not to attack Uganda? If so, would Tanzania withdraw its troops from the frontier? Would Tanzania also withdraw the pro-Obote fighters from the border? Would Tanzania oppose subversive activities threatening a neighbouring state?”

The talks in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, were scheduled to start on September 27. It involved foreign minister of Uganda Wanume Kibedi, his Tanzanian counterpart John Malecela, Somalia’s Omar Arteh Ghalib, the OAU secretary general, among others.
However, they were delayed until October 2, 1972. The Ugandan and Tanzanian foreign ministers met the Somali president who told them that the conflict between their two countries was nothing but a colonialist conspiracy aimed at weakening African unity.
On October 5, 1972, after two days of talks, Kibedi, Malecela and Arteh in the presence of Ekangaki, signed an agreement which was published simultaneously in Dar-es-Salaam, Kampala and Mogadishu on October 7, 1972.
Previously Siad Barre had paid a visit to Dar-es-Salaam on October 6, 1972, and Kampala the following day.
During the visit to Uganda, Amin named a road after Siad Barre in honour of his efforts to end the conflict between Uganda and Tanzania.
The peace agreement required the two countries to withdraw their forces at least six miles away from their borders.
This was supposed to come into effect by October 9, 1972. A team of Somali peace observers would be deployed on the borders of the two countries to observe the withdrawal.
The peace accord also required both countries to stop harbouring subversive elements on their areas that cross into the other’s territory and to end all hostilities. Both countries were also required to return all the properties they captured from each other during the conflict.
On October 11, 1972, Amin announced that his troops had withdrawn six miles from the border and that fighting had ceased. A day later the Tanzanian Defence minister Edward Sokoine announced the withdrawal of the TPDF from the border area.

In comparison AU dictator club has done nothing in this troubled decade of war against Libya famine in South Sudan coup in Egypt ethnic cleansing in Central Africa in all these events AU was absent.