African Union denies Haiti Membership

[CACtain Planet]

The African Union is denying that Haiti will become the organization’s first non-African member, stating that “only African States can join the African Union.”

“Haiti will not be admitted as a member state of the African Union at its next summit to be held in Kigali, Rwanda, as erroneously reported by several media outlets,” the organization said in a prepared statement.

Rumor of the change stemmed from a report by South Africa’s Morning Live, which was then picked up by media outlets in the United States, Haiti and its diaspora. The report even featured an interview with Haiti’s high commissioner to South Africa, Jacques Junior Baril.

“It’s not something we decided, it’s a place that we earned after we fought for our independence 212 years ago,” he said. “We paved the way for every other African nation to be free today, so historically speaking Haiti should have been in the AU already.”

Haiti is unique from the rest of the Caribbean. Much of its culture and history is still directly linked to countries like Benin, Sierra Leone and Togo. Toussaint Louverture, who led Haiti’s rebellion against the French in 1791, was of Beninese descent. Haiti established itself as a symbol of black independence, and as an advocate for the liberation of Africa from colonial rule after becoming the first black country to join the United Nations in 1945.

But despite the Caribbean nation’s strong ties to the continent, it will instead remain an observing member in the African Union. Haiti has held an observer status since 2012 but petitioned to be an associate member that same year. The petition has never been ratified. Instead, the African Union may vote to establish what it calls a “6th region,” comprised of delegates from all over the world representing the African diaspora.

Despite reports, Haiti not joining the African Union

@Poitier @bdizzle @Kitsch @CashmereEsquire I need perspective

 

[Kitsch]

 

[red222]

Because Africans don't consider us their people which is why they sold us

 

[Mr.Big Meat McGee]

They rather beg for Arabs ( Morocco ) to join them instead of taking in actual pure Black people.

 

[Akata Man Bromo]

 

[Poitier]

I only care about AAs

 

[Red Shield]

I think some outsiders called up the AU and squashed it.... you know the west is afraid of Africa and it's Diaspora hooking up

 

[Premeditated]

They rather beg for Arabs ( Morocco ) to join them instead of taking in actual pure Black people.

post a link proving that they beg Morocco to join

 

[CACtain Planet]

I only care about AAs

And today you'll find in the United Nations, and it's not an accident, that every time the Congo question or anything on the African continent is being debated, they couple it with what is going on, or what is happening to you and me, in Mississippi and Alabama and these other places. In my opinion, the greatest accomplishment that was made in the struggle of the black man in America in 1964 toward some kind of real progress was the successful linking together of our problem with the African problem, or making our problem a world problem. Because now, whenever anything happens to you in Missis- sippi, it's not just a case of somebody in Alabama getting indignant, or some- body in New York getting indignant. The same repercussions that you see all over the world when an imperialist or foreign power interferes in some section of Africa-you see repercussions, you see the embassies being bombed and burned and overturned-nowadays, when something happens to black people in Mississippi, you'll see the same repercussions all over the world.

 

[Black Cobain]

I just feel like tearing up...nikkas always talking shyt about Haitians and now the AU is just dismissing them too

 

[Apollo Creed]

I`m not the most informed about Geopolitics so that being said the AU just comes off as another place that blacks meet at and get nothing done at.

If an African Nation wants to work with Haiti I dont see anything stoping them, the same way they work with the Chinese and others. The AU thing if anything would have just been a symbolic thing if you ask me. I for one am tired of symbols and I`m more so concerned about actions and tangible results.

So I cant say I feel any way about it.

 

[Apollo Creed]

I`d be more happy about the creation of a "Black Passport" or a system of Global Dual/Multi Citizenship in "participating" Nations of the African Diaspora. I`m not giving up my American citizenship to be able to own land in Africa or Latin America for the purpose of doing business .

 

[theworldismine13]

i dont see what the big deal is

people are placing way to much weight on the headline

the idea of having delegates from the african disapora seems good, and having haiti as an observer is good also

 

[CACtain Planet]

I`m not the most informed about Geopolitics so that being said the AU just comes off as another place that blacks meet at and get nothing done at.

If an African Nation wants to work with Haiti I dont see anything stoping them, the same way they work with the Chinese and others. The AU thing if anything would have just been a symbolic thing if you ask me. I for one am tired of symbols and I`m more so concerned about actions and tangible results.

So I cant say I feel any way about it.

True but I think a membership in the union would be the step in the right direction to legitimize Haiti and move forward an agenda for favorable trade agreements. This is a blow to Haitis legitimacy, it speaks volumes when a union compromised of other sovereign black nations reject you

 

[Apollo Creed]

True but I think a membership in the union would be the step in the right direction to legitimize Haiti and move forward an agenda for favorable trade agreements. This is a blow to Haitis legitimacy, it speaks volumes when a union compromised of other sovereign black nations reject you

But realistically how many AU nations are actually "legitimate"?