Remember 9/9/99 or Souvenirs of the Sirte OAU Summit

By Mwalimu George Ngwane

September 9th, 2004 marks the fifth anniversary of the historic extraordinary summit of the Organisation of African Unity (O.A.U) held in Sirte-Libya on September 9th, 1999.

This summit, convened by Muammar Ghadaffi brought together more than forty Heads of State and Governments to « deliberate extensively on the ways and means of strengthening the O.A.U and to make it more effective so as to keep pace with the political, economic and social developments taking place with and outside Africa ».