To the Leadership, Organs, and Member States of the African Union:


For decades, the African Union has stood as the nominal guardian of our continent's collective destiny. Yet, we must frankly acknowledge a painful reality: the long years have passed, and the desires, interests, and aspirations of the African nations remain largely unfulfilled. The promise of genuine solidarity, fairness, and progress for the African people has been replaced by bureaucratic stagnation.


Despite the immense challenges facing our continent, the AU has struggled to solve even a single major, long-standing crisis. From the unresolved disputes over the Nile waters between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan, to the persistent conflicts and instability in Somalia and across our sub-regions, the organization has consistently failed to deliver decisive, homegrown solutions.

Instead of leading with bold, independent African initiatives, our regional body has too often acted as a passive follower of foreign powers whether aligned with European nations, Arab states, or other external interests. We must ask ourselves: Why are we followers of foreign agendas on our own soil, rather than the masters of our own destiny?


The Call for Urgent Reform


If the law and our institutions fail to serve our human good, they lose their legitimacy.


"Laws are not static monuments of stone; they are living instruments of human progress. If they fail to evolve with the heartbeat of the era, they cease to govern and begin to decay."


The founding legal frameworks of the African Union were never intended to degrade our collective dignity or trap us in a perpetual cycle of dependency and unresolved conflict. If these frameworks and structures cannot protect the interests of African nations, they are no longer serving their constitutional purpose.


The Ultimate Question for our Era


As the sovereign African people and nations, we must now ask the critical question:


• Is it time to completely review the outdated, old version of the African Union and demand a radical, structural reform of our regional organization?

We can no longer afford an institution that merely exists in name while failing to work for the human good, dignity, and real-world interests of the African continent. 


The time for passive diplomacy is over. We demand an African Union that is truly of the African people, by the African people, and for the African people.



By Mohamed Mohamoud Hashi