Cheikh Tidiane Gadio

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Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (born 16 September 1956[1] in Saint-Louis, Senegal[citation needed]) has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal since April 2000. He was promoted to the rank of Minister of State in November 2002.[1]

At the African Union summit in Accra, Ghana in early July 2007, where leaders discussed whether a United States of Africa should be created immediately or gradually, Gadio expressed Senegal's stance in favor of immediate creation,[2] saying that "We are ready to abandon partially or totally our sovereignty to join a unity government in Africa." He mentioned the possibility that Senegal could join a smaller union of willing states if the rest of Africa was not ready.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Profile at Senegalese Foreign Ministry web site.
  2. ^ Union africaine: deux blocs s'affrontent sur la création du gouvernement de l'UA, AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), June 2, 2007 (French).
  3. ^ Leaders split over African unity, BBC News Online, July 3, 2007.
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