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TheAfrican Unification Front (AUF) is an organisation aiming to promote thepolitical,social andeconomic union ofAfrica.
AUF was formed in August 1996. The AUF advocates for transformation of Africa into a federation, with thePan African Parliament as the highest government, overseeing key institutions including a single currency, and one all-African army. The AUF promoted the creation of theAfrican Union in the mid-1990s[1] and continues to advocate for an end toneocolonialism. It has also been active in campaigns against abuses by the diamond industry, weapons traders, and unfairterms of trade in thecoffee industry.
The AUF National Committee is the body that elects the AUF president. The AUF Executive Committee is the body that implements policies and oversees the day-to-day administration of the AUF. AUF has been responsible for initiating and organizing several strategies, including the AUF's Fairtrade Coffee Campaign that pushed for reforms in the coffee industry.
The AUF, also known as theAfrican Front, consists of a worldwide network of supporters, who believe that Africa must be unified into afederation as a means of securing peace and an end towars andpoverty. Although most members of the AUF are Africans, membership is open to non-Africans.
Other past AUF leaders have been Fesseha Demessae who served as Deputy Secretary General and Director of Cultural Affairs, and former vice-presidentMongezi Sefika wa Nkomo.
Kirimi Kaberia was the first president of the AUF.Mouhamed Taofic Youssouf served briefly as AUF president, after Kirimi Kaberia accepted a posting as deputy ambassador for Kenya in Washington DC, USA.
Following the creation of thePan African Parliament, the AUF became the first All-African (continental) political party. Several PAP members are also members and supporters of the AUF.[citation needed]
AUF members who have served in the Pan African Parliament include Dr.Amani Walid Kabourou from Tanzania,Chrispin Mwitila Shumina from Zambia, andLoyce Bwambale from Uganda. Other influential supporters of the AUF includeJohn Atta-Mills the president of Ghana,Alhaji Yahaya Ndu who is also a member of the AUF National Committee and the president of theAfrican Renaissance Party in Nigeria,Alimamy Bakarr Sankoh, head of theSierra Leone People's Democratic League (PDL), and Dr.Miria Matembe,[2] formerly chair of the Pan African Parliament's Rules Committee and a close ally of AU PresidentGertrude Mongella.
TheMaure is used as the AUF'sflag andemblem. The head is blindfolded representing the impartiality of justice, and the knot is tied into a stylizedAdinkra symbol for omnipotence (Gye Nyame).[3]
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