The first session of the Pan African Parliament was convened in Addis Ababa on 18 March 2004 amidst considerable pomp and fanfare. In attendance were the chairperson-in-office of the Union, President Joaquim Alberto Chisasano of Mozambique, President Girma Wolde-Giorgis and Mr Meles Zenawi, respectively, President and Prime Minister of Ethiopia, and Professor Alpha Oumar Konare, Chairperson of the...