In her study entitled “What can Egypt Introduce to the African Union in 2019?”, Professor Amani Al Taweel, head of the African Programme at Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies(ACPSS), considered Egypt’s leadership of the African Union (AU) as a qualitative shift in its relations with Africa, reflecting its growing role in the most influential union in the continent. “Taking over the AU is natural outcome of Egypt’s emphasis on the union during the past three years. In this regard, Egypt has to improve the AU at the organisational level, as well as to launch initiatives which will activate and raise the strength of the most important body in Africa, at the continental and international levels,” Al Taweel added. Moreover, she stated that Egypt also needs to undertake some procedures in order to integrate the African countries to become one entity, overcoming the divided status caused by foreign forces. One way to achieve this integration, is by making the Arabic language one of the AU’s official languages, setting it as the official language of the AU’s website.

Source: Daily News Egypt December 18, 2018 03:56 UTC