African leaders discuss the United State of Africa.

February 1, 2009 (ADDIS ABABA Addis Ababa (ăd`ĭs ăb`əbə) [Amharic,=new flower], city (1994 pop. 2,112,737), capital of Ethiopia. It is situated at c.8,000 ft (2,440 m) on a well-watered plateau surrounded by hills and mountains. ) a" The heads of state and government have begun the African Union African Union (AU), international organization established in 2002 by the nations of the former Organization of African Unity (OAU). The AU is the successor organization to the OAU, with greater powers to promote African economic, social, and political integration, (AU) 12th summit on Sunday in Addis Ababa with a special session on the establishment of the United States of African. The summit that brought together to some 50 heads of African states including Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir in its 3 day long summit which runs under the theme "infrastructure development in Africa" has put issues of economic infrastructure development, and continent's internal and regional conflicts such as Darfur, Somalia and Democratic Republic of Congo high on its agenda. The African representatives today have heard to a report presented by the African Union commission The Commission of the African Union acts as the executive/administrative branch or secretariat of the AU (and is somewhat analogous to the European Commission). It consists of a number of Commissioners dealing with different areas of policy. concerning on ideas that could lead to the formation of United States of Africa The United States of Africa is a name sometimes given to one version of the possible future unification of Africa as a national and sovereign federation of states similar in formation to the United States of America, mirroring the idea of the United States of Europe. based on initiation which arise in previous summit in Egypt. All 53 African Union members List of African Union members may refer to one of several differently organized lists:

List of African Union member states by political system
List of African Union member states by population

agree in principle with the need of continental integration to defend African interests in the tough global economic environment. But a group led by South Africa, say it must be a "gradual process" while Libya pushes for a swift announcement of the union. The general estimation of the formation of United States of Africa lies between 17 to 25 years. A.E. Abu Zeid, Ambassador of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) French: Autorité intergouvernementale pour le développement, is a seven-country regional development organization in East Africa. Its headquarters are located in the city of Djibouti. (IGAD) in Eastern Africa to the AU said that he hoped the attending heads of state and government would reach consensus and walk a step further on Africa's integration at this meeting. Talking about the two approaches of forming a union government within Africa: the immediate announcement of the union government, or a gradual integration, Zeid said that he is in favor of the gradualists, as "we have so many difficulties and differences in Africa, an immediate integration is not feasible", he said. The summit is also expected to discuss on the negative impacts of the current international financial crunch on the continent. Furthermore the summit of heads of states and government will elect a new chairman of the African union. There are high expectations that Libys's president, Muammor Gaddaffi will be the next successor. The newly elect, Somali president has also arrived in Addis Ababa this morning to take part on the AU assembly. President Sheikh sheikh
or shaykh

Among Arabic-speaking tribes, especially Bedouin, the male head of the family, as well as of each successively larger social unit making up the tribal structure. The sheikh is generally assisted by an informal tribal council of male elders. Sharif Ahmed was elected as Somalia's new president, after he comfortably won a majority in a second round of voting in a secret ballot of members of parliament yesterday in Djibouti. The Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (ERTA ERTA Economic Recovery Tax Act (of 1981)
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ERTA Earth Riders Trails Association ) ahead of the opening of the AU summit on Saturday has announced to freely air the opening and closing of the summit to all AU member states. (ST)

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