The Union of African States (French: Union des États africains), sometimes called the Ghana–Guinea–Mali Union, was a short-lived and loose regional organization formed in 1958 linking the West African nations of Ghana and Guinea as the Union of Independent African States. Mali joined in 1961. It disbanded in 1963.
The union planned to develop a common currency and unified foreign policy amongst members; however, none of these proposals were implemented by the countries. The union was the first organization in Africa to bring together former colonies of the British and the French.[1] Although the union was open to all independent states in Africa, no other states joined.[2] The union had a limited impact on politics as there was never any administration or permanent meetings to support the goals of unity. Its legacy was largely limited to longstanding political relationships between Kwame Nkrumah (President and Prime Minister of Ghana 1957–1966), Ahmed Sékou Touré (President of Guinea 1958–1984), and Modibo Keïta (President of Mali 1960–1968). The union again came into the news when Nkrumah was named as the co-president of Guinea after he was deposed as President of Ghana by a military coup in 1966.[3][4]
^Howe 1959, p. A4.
^Kihss 1966, p. 12.
^DeLancey 1966, p. 35.
^Boston Globe 1966, p. 1.
and 29 Related for: Union of African States information
The UnionofAfricanStates (French: Union des États africains), sometimes called the Ghana–Guinea–Mali Union, was a short-lived and loose regional organization...
African Union to become member states to the AfricanUnion (AU). The AU was the successor to the Organisation ofAfrican Unity (OAU), and AU membership...
Economic Community of West AfricanStates (ECOWAS; also known as CEDEAO in French and Portuguese) is a regional political and economic unionof fifteen countries...
Estados de África Central, CEEAC; Portuguese: Comunidade Económica dos Estados da África Central, CEEAC) is an Economic Community of the AfricanUnion for promotion...
The AfricanUnion is a geo-political entity covering the entirety of the African continent. Its origin dates back to the First Congress of Independent...
This is a list of United States ambassadors to the AfricanUnion. "Ambassador Jessica Lapenn". U.S. Mission to The AfricanUnion. Archived from the original...
Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is a customs union among five countries of Southern Africa: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. Its...
The East African Community (EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation composed of eight countries in East Africa. The member states are the Democratic...
replaced by the AfricanUnion (AU). Some of the key aims of the OAU were to encourage political and economic integration among member states, and to eradicate...
The Chairperson of the AfricanUnion is the ceremonial head of the AfricanUnion (AU) elected by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government for a one-year...
and dependent territories of both African and non-Africanstates. It lists 56 sovereign states (54 of which are member statesof the United Nations), two...
the AfricanUnion. The other bodies are the Pan-African Parliament; the Executive Council, consisting of foreign ministers of the AU members states; and...
part of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. Following World War I, the Unionof South Africa was a signatory of the Treaty of Versailles...
overlapped almost all ofAfrica. Article 29 of the Constitutive Act of the AfricanUnion (ratified July 11, 2000), states: Any African State may, at any time...
The African Monetary Union (AMU) is the proposed creation of an economic and monetary union for the countries of the AfricanUnion, administered by the...
Southern Africa and the East African Community to form the African Free Trade Zone, including all members of each of the organizations. The leaders of the...
Flag of Mogadishu, Somalia Flag of Mombasa, Kenya Flag of Nairobi, Kenya Armorial ofAfrica Flag of the AfricanUnion Lists of flags ofAfrican countries...
The member statesof the AfricanUnion (AU) are divided into five geographic regions of the AfricanUnion. When a principal organ of the United Nations...
The individual member statesof the AfricanUnion (AU) coordinate foreign policy through this agency, in addition to conducting their own international...
India is a federal republic comprising 28 states and 8 union territories. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller...
The AfricanUnion Commission (AUC) acts as the executive/administrative branch or secretariat of the AfricanUnion (and is somewhat analogous to the European...
liberation ofAfrica. Emblem of the AfricanUnion Pan-African colours Pan-African flag "8th AfricanUnion Gender Pre-Summit on 2016 African Year of Human Rights...
AfricanUnion (AU) member states have various forms of government. The Constitutive Act of the AfricanUnion makes no provision for what type of government...
The Constitutive Act of the AfricanUnion sets out the codified framework under which the AfricanUnion is to conduct itself. It was signed on 11 July...
The African Economic Community (AEC) is an organization ofAfricanUnionstates establishing grounds for mutual economic development among the majority...
League Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Economic Community of West AfricanStates (ECOWAS) Euro-Mediterranean free trade area (EU-MEFTA)...
Council UnionAfricanUnion, formally the Executive Council of Ministers of the Union, is one of the seven institutions of the AfricanUnion as described...
the AfricanUnion has decided that it should be merged with the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights to form a new court: the African Court of Justice...
Global Information
