CARIBBEAN HAITI BECOMES PART OF THE AFRICAN UNION

The Caribbean state of Haiti will officially become a full fledg member of the African Union (AU) come the next AU Summit next month in Lilongwe, Malawi.  The Haitian Ambassador to South Africa, Jacques Junior Baril says Haiti finally being part of the AU is a place that the country earned as they paved way to other African countries to be free today.
And according to the former African Union chairman, Jean Ping: “We have attachment and links to that country. The first black Republic…that carried high the flame of liberation and freedom for black people and has paid a heavy price for so doing.

In 2012, Haiti indicated its interest to move from its observer status to member status. It will be the first time any nation with no geographic connection to the continent of Africa will join the AU.

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