Senegal wants United States of Africa by 2017

Dakar, 30 July-(ANA)-All obstacles blocking the creation of a United States of Africa must be cleared and the entity created by 2017, Senegalese foreign minister, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, has said.

Speaking on the second day of the symposium on the United States of Africa, Gadio said that the issue had long been settled by the African Union (AU).

The Senegalese minister said going by the sloppy approach to the matter by some African countries, the 2017 target date could be doubtful.

He said Senegal was interested only in an outright proclamation of the United State of Africa instead of the "round-about approach of turning the AU into an inter-governmental organization with a commission serving as a secretariat".

Gadio warned that the lukewarm  approach by some countries was pulling Africa down while countries like Brazil, India and China had made tremendous strides.(ANA)

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