Extended African Union Summit reaches no consensus on the “United States of Africa”

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 5, 2009 (Ezega.com) – The 12th Ordinary Africa Union summit of head of states and governments was held in Addis Ababa on February 1-4, 2009. The ordinary session focused on issues of peace, security and stability of the continent, infrastructure developments, the current global economic crisis, intercontinental conflicts, and the crises in Sudan, Somalia, Zimbabwe, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It also elected a new chairperson. Further, it affirmed the transformation of the Africa Union Commission to the Africa Union Authority.

Though the summit delayed the push towards the formation of the United States of Africa on the opening day (February 1st), the debate continued on closed sessions, until Wednesday 3:00am in the morning (local time).

Internal sources from the African Union Commission told Ezega.com that the leaders carried on a fierce debate on the idea of Union Government for Africa. At some point, the rift over this idea overshadowed some of the official agenda focused on other topics, including infrastructure development.

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