Window Dressing: OAU to AU

The Concoction writes about the 'The emperor's new clothes' syndrome of African organizations. From the OAU to AU, the "...African Union (AU) has been the new boy’s club in town since 2002. I’m wondering if shortening the name is supposed to make it less clumsy. The AU is supposed to accelerate the integration of the continent while its visions and structure stayed the same as OAU. The Constitutive Act of the African Union states that the new body is committed to focusing on growth and development, democracy, and peace. And the OAU’s was...?