'University of Africa' proposed

2005-12-02 13:58

Johannesburg - The Pan African Parliament recommended the creation of a continental university on the final day of its fourth ordinary session in Midrand.

According to a recommendation adopted on Friday morning, the university would seek to make available a "unified science platform" and served as a centre of expertise for the African Union.

The document said the institution would aim to halt the African brain drain, co-ordinate research, and boost African solidarity.

The university would empower African leaders with a view to strengthening the African Union - leading to the establishment of a "United States of Africa".

Another mission was to "develop programmes likely to make African identity concepts a reality and guarantee the acceleration of the necessary integration to bring about a unified Africa with a single image".

- SAPA