What remains of the idea of ​​pan-Africanism? 

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The Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I welcomes the President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, who came to Addis Ababa on May 25, 1963, to attend the constituent conference of the OAU. AFP

By: Alain Foka

On May 25, 1963, around thirty heads of state and newly independent African governments met in Addis Ababa to give concrete form to their project for unity.

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To constitute a force vis-a-vis the large units which are built. On this anniversary which has become World Africa Day, what has become of this ideal of unity? What prospects at a time when African youth, more educated and more informed, are showing renewed interest in the continent?

With: 

- Cheikh Tidiane Gadio , president of the Panafrican Institute of Strategies (IPIS) and vice-president of the National Assembly of Senegal 

- Michelle Ndiaye Ntab,  Senegalese diplomat, representative of the African Union in the DRC, former director of the Peace and Security Program in Africa at the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPPS)

- Luc Gnacadja , architect, former Minister of the Environment, Housing, Town Planning and Regional Development of Benin

- Alain Claude Bilie-By-Nze , Minister of Foreign Affairs of Gabon.

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