The recurring xenophobic attacks against African migrants in South Africa represent more than isolated acts of violence. They ...

This is painful. It is painful because South Africa was once a symbol of African unity and resistance against oppression.

Let me be unequivocal here: xenophobia is a betrayal of African unity. It is a sickness born of poverty, inequality and government failure, but its victims are our African brothers and sisters.

(The Root) — This year, African heads of state are celebrating 50 years of Pan-Africanism through the African Union and its progenitor, the Organization of African Unity. Heads of state are meeting on ...

When African leaders gathered in Addis Ababa in May 1963 to establish the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the choice of venue was deliberate. Ethiopia had long occupied a distinctive place in the ...

Calls for unity dominated Thursday's 60th anniversary celebrations for the continent-wide organization preceding the African Union (AU) that represented 55 member states. But critics say the AU has ...

Members of the newly organized Pan-African Student Coalition at UAB recognized Rwandan Liberation Day by gathering in the Hill Student Center on July 5 and talking to students about the anniversary of ...

In the cavernous, thatch-roofed banquet hall of Addis Ababa’s Menelik Palace, 30 colorfully garbed African heads of state and 2,000 other guests, all back-slapping and jovial, were feasting at the ...