OAU

American  

Or O.A.U.

1. Organization of African Unity.

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OAU British  

abbreviation

1. the former Organization of African Unity (now called the African Union)

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Example Sentences

He recalled Nyerere's own comments at the inaugural OAU summit in 1963.

From BBC

Nyerere is the third leader to be honoured with a statue outside the AU headquarters, after Ghana's founding father and pan-Africanist Kwame Nkrumah, and Ethiopia's emperor Haile Selassie, who became a symbol of African nationalism for resisting Italy's attempts to colonise the country in the 1930s, and later agreed to host the OAU.

From BBC

"Our liberty is meaningless unless all Africans are free," Selassie said at the OAU's launch in 1963, a time when much of the continent was still ruled by European powers.

From BBC

Locating the OAU in Ethiopia was a diplomatic triumph for Emperor Haile Selassie, who had long championed international law.

From BBC

The OAU was a common front for Africa's liberation from colonial and racist rule.

From BBC