The idea of the transformation Organization African Unity (OAU) to Union (AU) in 1999, by Heads State and governments, was accelerate processes regional economic integration continent. Thus, AU came into being enable continent play a significant role global affairs, while addressing other multifaceted social, economic, political problems that tend hinder progress However, after more than two de...

Abstract Long considered peripheral to both international affairs and the discipline of relations (IR), Africa is increasingly at center global politics academic debates. Global powers are competing for economic, political, strategic influence on continent, while itself has emerged as an powerful confident actor world stage. In large part, this due leadership African Union (AU), which since its...

background there is limited knowledge about the use of cigarettes by blacks outside the united states (u.s). nigeria creates an opportunity to explore smoking behaviours, smoking cessation (nicotine dependence) and use of cigarettes in a country that has a large black population outside the u.s.   methods we conducted three focus group discussions (fgds) involving twenty-four male migrant worke...