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Africa Day continues to be celebrated both in Africa and around the world, mostly on 25 May (although in some cases these periods of celebrations can be stretched out over a period of days or weeks). [8] [9] Themes are set for each year's Africa Day, with 2015's being the "Year of Women's Empowerment and Development towards Africa's Agenda 2063".
In 1963, the two groups united to establish a formal, continent-wide organisation, the Organisation for African Unity. The alliance first met on 8–12 May 1961 in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, one of its leading countries. [2] [3] Other members included Nigeria and most of Francophone Africa, including Senegal and Cameroon.
The OAU was founded in May 1963 [7] in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by 32 African states with the main aim of bringing the African nations together and resolve the issues within the continent. [7] Its first ever conference was held on 1 May 1963 [ 8 ] in Addis Ababa.
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The Organisation of African Unity (OAU), was subsequently established on 25 May 1963 followed by the African Economic Community in 1981. [1] Critics argued that the OAU in particular did little to protect the rights and liberties of African citizens from their own political leaders, often dubbing it the "Dictators' Club". [2]
Most other African leaders did not support such radical change. The ideas of its rival, the so-called Monrovia Group—which also believed in Pan-Africanism but not at the expense of nationalism and independent statehood—prevailed. In 1963, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was established. All the members of both the Casablanca and ...
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