Union of African States
Definition:
The Union of African States was a short lived initiative between Mali, Guinea, and Ghana created in July 1961. It evolved out an earlier experiment in 1958 of a union between Ghana and Guinea. The Union of African States was intended to promote political friendship and economic co-operation between the three states, followed a Socialist mandate, was heavily Pan-African, and led by the three presidents: Modibo Keïta of Mali, Sékou Touré of Guinea, and Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana.
The union collapsed in 1962 as part of the Cold War, when Guinea became politically closer to the USA whilst the other two favored the Soviet Union.
The Union of African States was a short lived initiative between Mali, Guinea, and Ghana created in July 1961. It evolved out an earlier experiment in 1958 of a union between Ghana and Guinea. The Union of African States was intended to promote political friendship and economic co-operation between the three states, followed a Socialist mandate, was heavily Pan-African, and led by the three presidents: Modibo Keïta of Mali, Sékou Touré of Guinea, and Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana.
The union collapsed in 1962 as part of the Cold War, when Guinea became politically closer to the USA whilst the other two favored the Soviet Union.