African Union is taking continent for a costly ride

Honourable Raila Odinga at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa for the African Union Chairmanship Debate.

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The African Union’s (AU) theme at its summit in February is ‘Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparations’.

If Africans were asked what the theme should be, they would scream: ‘Justice for Africans through democratic governance’. Another theme they would want is: ‘Holding African governments accountable for extra-judicial killing of critics and plunder of public resources.’