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OAU

Proper noun

Meaning

OAU

(historical) Initialism of Organisation of African Unity.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

A series of four international conferences held first under Nigerian and then Organization of African Unity (OAU) sponsorship attempted to bring the Chadian factions together. Source: Internet

Because of these divisions, it was difficult for the OAU to take action against states involved in internal conflicts because it could rarely reach an agreement on what was to be done. Source: Internet

It was taken on my matric day in 1986 at UNIFE, now OAU. Source: Internet

Civil wars in Nigeria and Angola continued unabated for years, and the OAU could do nothing to stop them. Source: Internet

In 1998, OAU secretary-general Dr Salim Ahmed Salim announced the African Women’s Committee on Peace and Development (AWCPD) with Dr Specioza Wandira Kazibwe of Uganda, Africa’s first woman vice-president, as chair. Source: Internet

Foreign and military policy Nkrumah and his family meeting Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser during the 1965 OAU Summit in Accra. Source: Internet

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