📅 9 July 2002
The AU is launched in Durban, succeeding the OAU. It carries forward a Pan-African ambition for integration and collective action, but its effectiveness remains shaped by member-state politics,...
📅 25 May 2013
African leaders and civil society mark fifty years since the OAU’s establishment and renew the continental integration project. The anniversary also prompted debate over unrealized unity, democratic...
📅 21 July 1964
At the OAU’s first ordinary summit, heads of state adopted decisions addressing apartheid and support for liberation movements. The diplomatic position reflected an uneven but consequential effort...
📅 4 November 2006
The summit brought leaders from China and African states together and adopted a cooperation plan expanding trade, investment, debt relief, and aid. It reflected South-South diplomacy and offered...
📅 3 September 2018
China and African leaders met in Beijing for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. The summit adopted a declaration and action plan and expanded development and trade initiatives. It highlighted...
📅 25 May 1963
Thirty-two independent African states signed the OAU Charter in Addis Ababa. The organization supported decolonization and continental cooperation; its creation also gave African states a collective...
