AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT Flashcards
WHAT IS THE AFRICAN UNION?
WHEN WAS IT FOUNDED?
55 MEMBER STATES OF AFRICAN UNION ; ANNOUNCED THRU SIRTE DECLARATION IN SIRTE LIBYA
FOUND - 26TH MAY 2001 IN ADDIS ABABA , ETHIOPIA
THE INTENTION AU WAS TO REPLACE WHICH ORGANISATION?
ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY
WHERE IS THE AFRICAN UNION BASED? WHICH IS THE LARGEST CITY IN AFRICAN UNION? WHICH IS THE LARGEST URBAN AGGLOMERATION IN AU?
ADDIS ABABA;
LAGOS , NIGERIA ;
CAIRO , EGYPT
WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF AU?
CHAD POLITICIAN - MOUSSA FAKI MAHAMAT
WHY IS AU IN NEWS RECENTLY? WHICH NUMBER WAS THE AU SUMMIT ?
WAVE OF MILITARY COUPS; 35TH SUMMIT
WHICH 2 NATIONS WHEREIN THE ARMY HAS SEIZED ( TAKEN CONTROL)POWER?
BURKINA FASO AND MALI
WHICH COUNTRY WAS BLAMED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING GANGS AND ATTEMPTED COUP?
GUINEA BISSAU
WHAT WAS BURKINA FASO PREVIOUSLY CALLED AS?
REPUBLIC OF UPPER VOLTA
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF BURKINA FASO AND WHAT IS ITS CURRENCY?
OUAGADOUGOU AND CURRECY IS CFA FRANC - currency of 8 independent states