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Equatorial Guinea's president Teodoro Obiang Nguema (R) and wife Constancia Mangue de Obiang arrive for the inauguration of South Africa's fourth President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria on May 9, 2009. AFP Photo/POOL/Jerome Delay (Photo credit should read JEROME DELAY/AFP/Getty Images) 30 Jun 2011 19:31 Africa/Lagos President Obiang Urges Unity and Solidarity in Africa PR Newswire MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, June 30, 2011 AU Chairman Stresses the Need to Further Strengthen the Continent's Youth MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, June 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a speech which called on all Africans to work together to solve problems facing the continent, President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, addressed leaders from Africa's 54 nations and around the world. President Obiang, who is also chairman of the African Union, told member countries that even though they are "often exposed to pressures created by external nations," they must...

Google celebrates Africa Day, the annual commemoration on May 25 of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), when leaders of 30 of the 32 independent African states signed a founding charter in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia . In 1991, the OAU established the African Economic Community , and in 2002 the OAU established its own successor, the African Union . However, the name and date of Africa Day has been retained as a celebration of African unity. 25 May 2011 20:44 Africa/Lagos Address by Dr Jean Ping, African Union Commission Chairperson on the occasion of the commemoration of Africa Day / Wednesday 25 May 2011 ADDIS ABABA, May 25, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Address by Dr Jean Ping, African Union Commission Chairperson on the occasion of the commemoration of Africa Day Your Excellency the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Chairperson of the African Union; Your Excellency the Prime Minister of the Republic of India; Your Majesty; Y...