Governance

To HE Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma
Chairperson of the African Union
10 June 2015

Dear Madam,

Cotton is cultivated on about 2.5 percent of the world’s arable land across 80 countries making it, after wheat, rice, maize and soybeans, one of the most important global crops in terms of land area. It is grown mainly for lint, which can be spun and woven to make cloth.

The African Youth Charter addresses the need for the empowerment of young people and their participation in the development of Africa (African Union 2006). A youth can be defined as someone who is young.

Understanding the nature of agriculture is critical in evaluating the overall development process of developing countries. Agriculture and food security are two inseparable aspects of human life.

The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (also known as the Banjul Charter) is an international human rights instrument that is intended to promote and protect human rights and basic freedoms in the African continent.

It was unbelievably shocking and painful to see Somaliland politicians and administrators outbidding each other in expressing their enmity and hatred for Somalism and the Somali people.

Sunday 29 May 1966 is undoubtedly the most tragic day in Igbo history. It is the launch date of the Igbo genocide carried out by Nigeria – the most gruesome, devastating and expansive genocide in 20th century Africa.

In 1963, founding fathers of newly-independent African states met in Addis-Ababa and founded the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). In 2002, the OAU was renamed the African Union (AU).

INTRODUCTION

For the second time in a little over thirty years, General Muhammadu Buhari is heading another ‘corrective’ government. When he first came in as military head of state on New Year’s Eve 1984, it was to clear the mess left behind by politicians of the Second Republic.