NEPAD was adopted during the OAU summit held in _________

Analyze the question: The question asks where the OAU summit took place at which NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development) was adopted.

Explain the concept: NEPAD is an economic development programme of the African Union. Its origins trace back to the Millennium Africa Recovery Plan (led by Presidents Thabo Mbeki, Olusegun Obasanjo and Abdelaziz Bouteflika) and the OMEGA plan (Senegal's Abdoulaye Wade). These were merged into the "New African Initiative," which was then renamed NEPAD.

Step-by-step solution:

1. The OAU's last summit before it became the African Union was held in Lusaka, Zambia, in July 2001.
2. At this 37th Ordinary Session of the OAU Heads of State and Government, the New African Initiative was formally adopted and named NEPAD.
3. The summit also decided to transform the OAU into the African Union (the AU was launched in Durban, South Africa, in 2002).
4. Checking the other options: • Tunis: hosted OAU summits (e.g., 1994) but not the NEPAD adoption. • Cairo: hosted the 1964 OAU summit and the 1964 Cairo Declaration, not NEPAD. • Abuja: hosted the 1991 Abuja Treaty on the African Economic Community and the 2001 NEPAD implementation committee meeting, but the adoption itself was in Lusaka.

Answer: The correct option is B. Lusaka.

Tip: Link "Lusaka 2001" with "Last OAU summit": Lusaka = Last OAU. Also remember Abuja is tied to the 1991 Treaty, and Durban to the AU launch in 2002.