Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and the ...

The name "Sierra Leone" dates back to 1462, when Portuguese explorer Pedro da Cintra, sailing down the West African coast, saw the tall mountains rising up on what is now the Freetown Peninsula and ...

Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt ...

Gabon, officially the Gabonese Republic, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, Gabon is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the ...

The movement for cultural consciousness and identity hinged on African unity are traceable in the ideas of Pan-Africanism. Pan-Africanism was seen as the necessary philosophy around which all people ...

The Commemorative activities of the OAU at 60 years is an opportunity to celebrate and recognize the role and contribution of our founders of the continental organizations but also, many other ...

The African Union (AU) is the continental body consisting of 55 Member States that make up the countries of the African Continent. It was officially launched in 2002, as the successor to the ...

Decolonisation and the Struggle against Apartheid. One of the major preoccupations of the OAU was the liberation of African states from colonial rule by establishing the Coordinating Committee for the ...

Agenda 2063 seeks to deliver on a set of Seven Development Aspirations, each with its own set of goals purposed at moving Africa closer to achieving “The Africa We Want.” The blueprint contains key ...

In July 1962 in Dar es Salaam Tanganyika (now known as Tanzania), African women from across the continent gathered in the Conference of African Women, a monumental meeting and the first of its kind; ...

Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda,is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley where the African Great Lakes region and East Africa converge. One of the smallest countries on the African ...