The OAU adopted a regional convention addressing the specific causes and consequences of refugee displacement in Africa, including colonialism, racial conflict and liberation struggles. It asserted...
On the OAU’s tenth anniversary, heads of state endorsed an African declaration on cooperation, development and economic independence. It linked political liberation to collective economic...
At its sixteenth ordinary session in Monrovia, OAU leaders adopted a declaration calling for national and collective self-reliance and a new international economic order. Its language challenged...
Member states signed the Abuja Treaty, setting out a staged route toward an African Economic Community. It expressed economic integration as a condition for collective agency, while the timeline and...
OAU member states adopted a protocol to create a regional court for human-rights cases. It extended the institutional architecture built around the African Charter, while access to the court and...
OAU leaders adopted the Sirte Declaration, calling for an accelerated move toward a union and stronger continental institutions. The declaration revived integration ambitions, but debate continued...
