Summit focuses on African unity
July 1st, 2007
The African Union summit opens in Ghana, focusing this year on the idea of a pan-African government.
Libya’s Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is championing the idea, but many African leaders do not support his initiative.
Some leaders fear the issue will push the crises in Zimbabwe, Somalia and Darfur off the agenda.
Ghana’s President John Kufuor said in his opening speech that the question of unifying Africa was not in doubt, but the key issue was how to attain it.
“I am confident that at the end of our deliberations, we should be able to arrive at a common understanding on the sort of continental government we want for ourselves, and a roadmap with timelines on its realisation,” he said.
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