Few days past AU has suspended EGYPT AND CENTRAL REPUBLIC's membership from the union following the crisis that happens in these countries the allegation to these countries was on unconstitutional transformation basically coined by western and America.
But this is not the case to suspend or not to suspend is not our business the issue here is what are the responsibility of the union in relation to continental peace?
The acceptance that the revolution which they named it as coup was unconstitutional is the western clime without focus on Africa and African future.
Among the responsibility of AU from its successor OAU it was to restore peace and harmony within the continent, fight against all forms of oppression discrimination and torture, and generally to struggle for continental freedom.
To discuss on continental peace basically focusing the EGYPTIAN crisis is that the Union had the responsibility to take part in the crisis and engineer common consensus among parties in conflict. if we can call back the stance the military offered 48 hours altimultum to president to reconcile with his opponent and restore peace, what we may argue as the good start for AU.
But the union decided to close the eyes and think in the eyes of the foreign and suspend on of the historical African giant country from the union. the question here is how will the AU intervene in the crisis? the answer is probably no way because of non recorgination of the parties in power. if that is the case then can we agree that AU as skipped the responsibility ? and therefore blessed killing and unrest in Egypt? if that is the case then whose union for?
Some people may think that the decisions by union is proper because it impose sanction to the government in power, but is that sanction effective? the effectiveness and non effectiveness is not that issue to discus but does it help?
i think the union should go back and uncover the challenges ahead of them. because in most stances the union has been reacting passively to remember the Libyan crisis, kenya after election crisis, central republic crisis, Congo DRC and other part of the continent.
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