The 1978 Organisation of African Unity summit in Khartoum was the 15th assembly of the bloc, hosted by Sudan under Jaafar Nimeiry at a moment when his government was attempting to reposition itself as a pan-African mediator following years of internal conflict, including the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement that had temporarily ended the First Sudanese Civil War. Commemorative gold issues tied to OAU summits were a short-lived prestige practice among host nations during this period, driven more by hard currency ambitions than numismatic tradition.
Mintage for this type was extremely limited, consistent with Sudan's gold commemorative program of the late 1970s.
The 1978 Organisation of African Unity summit in Khartoum was the 15th assembly of the bloc, hosted by Sudan under Jaafar Nimeiry at a moment when his government was attempting to reposition itself as a pan-African mediator following years of internal conflict, including the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement that had temporarily ended the First Sudanese Civil War. Commemorative gold issues tied to OAU summits were a short-lived prestige practice among host nations during this period, driven more by hard currency ambitions than numismatic tradition.
Mintage for this type was extremely limited, consistent with Sudan's gold commemorative program of the late 1970s.