A tweet that questions what the African Union is doing about on-going crises in some African countries has been retweeted many times as Southern Africans try to grasp the role of the African Union in solving the problems in Africa.
Africans are looking at the AU to fix the civil war and unrest in South Sudan, Burundi, Congo, Central African Republic and Mozambique. The troubled Zimbabwe, as protests spark a national shut down due to economic difficulties and Zambia as elections sparks violence in some areas. Terrorism troubling Somalia, Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Mali among other issues pillaging the continent.
Here is the tweet that sparked the conversation
https://twitter.com/Kilda_/status/753144467968892928
https://twitter.com/CdeJMN/status/753108173557534720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
And here is what Africans think…
https://twitter.com/KinyuaKibiru/status/753168347357966336
@PaulWallace123 what's the AU's budget? The body can only be as strong as the member nations.
— EdAsante (@EdAsante77) July 13, 2016
Holding summits. https://t.co/CGDjr1RZJs
— Samira Sawlani (@samirasawlani) July 13, 2016
You are dreaming. Lesotho is a stable country. whre is crisis is Zimbabwe. You actually crazy https://t.co/JKaidoqbGQ
— Lekunya (@Lekunyaa) July 13, 2016
https://twitter.com/gene_cxliv/status/753223881729662980
https://twitter.com/Reevolutionaire/status/753150142161747968
And where has it been for all these years? https://t.co/Mpmb69uedh
— Gaye Davis (@Gaye_Davis) July 13, 2016
