The World - News from July 19, 1985
Tanzania’s President Julius K. Nyerere ended his term as chairman of the Organization of African Unity with an appeal for genuine solidarity among the nations of the debt-ridden continent. Citing regional conflicts, Nyerere said that economic well-being and development of the continent “need a foundation of political peace within nations and between nations.” Shortly after Nyerere’s speech at an NAU summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the organization elected Senegal’s President Abdou Diouf to a one-year term as chairman.
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