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| Let us come together as one and let go our differences. By: Mr. Mamadee Konneh, WIMAM's President, July 9, 2006 |
It has been said and as we all are aware, “United We Stand, Divided We Fall”. Why can't we be good listeners and allow others to express their opinions? I would like to point out some issues that are affecting our community, and my administration will do every thing to solve this dispute if Allah’s agree. |
| Guinean president should prepare for change: African Union |
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| ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - Guinea's ailing president should prepare for political transition to avoid more upheaval in the west African nation, African Union Commission chief Alpha Oumar Konare told AFP. The 72-year-old Lansana Conte, who suffers from chronic diabetes and memory lapses, is facing a revolt by soldiers demanding years of back pay, after days of strikes and violence. "We have always been concerned by the situation in Guinea. We have deplored and condemned the violence that has erupted," Konare said late Monday. "The historic role that President Conte should play is to accept to prepare a transition for the time after his rule." In February, Conte appointed a new prime minister, Lansana Kouyate, under pressure from foreign governments after weeks of deadly protests called by the country's two powerful labour unions. But Konare said the prime minister's role should be reviewed. "We do not need violence in Guinea. The prime minister should be a transitional prime minister," he said. The recent rioting by an army that has shored up Conte's rule for years is the first to hit the new government of consensus installed in April to help settle the political and social troubles. Conte was forced on Saturday to sack military leaders following a near two-week strike by the soldiers. Tue May 15, 8:02 AM ET MIDRAND, South Africa (AFP) - African parliamentarians expressed reservations Tuesday about the feasibility of a union government for the continent. "The UGA (Union Government of Africa) idea sounds romantic but there are many serious obstacles that we have to surmount before its formation," Ghanaian MP Mahama Dramani John told a Pan African Parliament (PAP) sitting in Midrand near Johannesburg in South Africa. He cited economic and social inequalities and the need to harmonise policies. "We cannot create UGA with a stroke of the pen." The goal of political and economic integration in the form of a "United States of Africa" accompanied the formation of the African Union in 2002 but the issue divides the body's 53 members. The topic is to top the agenda at an AU summit in Accra, Ghana, in June. An international relations committee of the PAP, an AU advisory body, submitted a report on the issue to a plenary meeting on Tuesday. In debate, Chadian MP Kebzabo Salleh said he doubted African leaders had the political will to support the creation of a union government. "Most of our leaders in Africa do not have any vision for Africa, not even for their countries." He cited the recent Nigerian elections, condemned as flawed by observers for irregularities and violence. "What has happened (in Nigeria) during the elections does not augur well for our continent. As long as things like this do not change, I do not believe in the UGA. We will not be able to build African unity." Misapa Maynard, a delegate from Zambia, decried a lack of democracy on the continent. "Certain countries have not recognised true democracy and the essence of love. They lack love. Love should prevail in us before we sing the song of unity in Africa. If there is no love, we are discussing a failed issue", he said. Maynard added the continent would have to adopt common policies on the economy, education and respect for human rights before unity could be attained. The report of the committee listed financial limitations and a lack of political will as constraints to the creation of a union government. |
| Source: AFP |
| Lawmakers express reservations about "United States of Africa" |