Championing a Visa-Free Africa – The Mail & Guardian

Championing a visa-free Africa – The Mail & Guardian

At its 1964 meeting in Cairo, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the forerunner of the African Union (AU), passed a resolution on the inviolability of colonial borders, pledging to respect the inherited boundaries that existed at independence. The meeting adopted a principle of international law expressed in Latin as uti possidetis, meaning “as you possess, so you may continue to possess”. In practice, it meant that when a new state was bo…

Championing a visa-free Africa

At its 1964 meeting in Cairo, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the forerunner of the African Union (AU), passed a resolution on the inviolability of colonial borders, pledging to respect the inherited boundaries that existed at independence. The meeting adopted a principle of international law expressed in Latin as uti possidetis, meaning “as you possess, so you may continue to possess”. In practice, it meant that when a new state was bo…