AU should be strengthened to solve Africa's many problems

Leaders at the Opening Ceremony of the Ordinary Session of The African Union (A.U).

Occasionally, African leaders converge in Addis Ababa Ethiopia to take stock of our success after abandoning our epic journey to the Promised Land that marooned us in the desert.

The African union (AU) faces many challenges that are unique compared to successful regional organization(s) like European Union (EU) which has had remarkable progress. This begs the question, why AU hasn't made similar progress? However, experts fail to realise that while the two blocs have similar goals, AU has several disadvantages compared to the EU.