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When a continent celebrates age instead of achievements. African Union @ 55, What are we celebrating? – © Williams Osei, WILLS ANTI-CORRUPTION FOUNDATION - WAF Africa.

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I have written this paper to annoy and irritate anyone who reads. When the wise African is annoyed and irritated, he is moved to make corrections. If Africa has lost the last fifty-five years, we cannot afford to lose the next forty-five years. African Union @100 must not be as empty as this! Is Africa thinking right? Writer: Williams Osei, Director, WAF AFRICA Date: 25 th May, 2018 It is 25 th May again, fifty-five years since the Organization of African Unity (OAU) now known as the African Union (AU) came into existence. I have been authorised neither to go to work nor school, it is a holiday. Yes! Africa @55. As I walk on the streets of Cape Coast, the former capital city of our beloved country, Ghana; stores are closed, government offices are closed, even some market women who are usually not moved by such holidays did not assume post to ply their usual trade. Africa is 55years today!   AFRICAN UNION The African Liberation Day (African Union Day) is cele