A cikin wata sanarwa da ta fitar, kungiyar ta AU ta ce bikin da aka gudanar a hedkwatar AU da ke Addis Ababa, na tunawa da ranar 25 ga Mayun 1963, lokacin da shugabannin kasashe 32 na Afirka masu cin gashin kansu suka hallara a birnin, don rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar da ta kafa OAU, wadda ta hada kungiyar ta AU a yanzu. ya ce ita ce cibiyar farko bayan samun yancin kai.
A cikin kundinta, OAU ta ce manyan manufofinta sun hada da kawar da nahiyar daga sauran wuraren mulkin mallaka da wariyar launin fata, sai inganta hadin kai da hadin kai tsakanin kasashen Afirka, da kuma daidaita hadin gwiwa don ci gaba, kiyaye ikon mallakar kasa da iyakokin kasa na kasashe mambobin kungiyar da inganta hadin gwiwar kasa da kasa.
A shekara ta 1999, shugabannin OAU da suka yi taro a Libya sun yanke shawarar cewa kungiyar na bukatar sake mayar da hankali kan manufofinta don mayar da hankali sosai kan hadin gwiwa da hadewar kasashen Afirka, don ciyar da ci gaban nahiyar da ci gaban tattalin arziki. Sun fitar da sanarwar kafa kungiyar Tarayyar Afirka, wadda aka kaddamar a hukumance a shekara ta 2002.
A jawabin bude taron a ranar Alhamis, shugaban hukumar AU H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, ya kira ta a matsayin muhimmiyar rana a tarihin Afirka, yayin da take girmama wadanda suka kafa kungiyar, wadanda suka aza harsashin "farfadowar Afirka da ci gaban tattalin arziki da siyasa."
A nasa tsokacin, Mahamat, tsohon firaministan kasar Chadi, ya yi gargadi game da tsoma baki da manyan kasashen duniya ke yi a cikin harkokin nahiyar, a wani abin da ya kira "gwagwarmaya tsakanin manyan kasashen duniya" da ake yi a duniya.
