The AU wants more solidarity in Africa to face countless challenges

The AU wants more solidarity in Africa to face countless challenges

Sep 11, 2023 - 07:41
The AU wants more solidarity in Africa to face countless challenges
The AU wants more solidarity in Africa to face countless challenges

 


  The Chairman of the AU Commission has called for more cooperation among African countries to deal with the countless challenges facing the continent. Moussa Faki Mahamat has made the call on the occasion of the African Union Day (AU), which is celebrated every year on September 9. The day was announced in the Declaration of Sirte Libya on September 9 in 1999 that created the African Union AU from the Union of Independent African States OAU. The annual celebration of the African Union Day serves as a way to celebrate some of the important achievements of the union and also to use the opportunity to reflect on the main challenges of the African continent. He said, considering the various international political conflicts and tensions, there is a danger that the continent of Africa will once again become a field of confrontation and armed struggle.

The continent of Africa is facing many challenges, but some reports say that the economy of the continent has been He urged African countries to be more united in dealing with the negative effects of international and continental challenges for the better future of the continent. Mahamat said: The first and decisive step to be taken in the way of reviving "Pan Africanism" is to strengthen our solidarity. In addition, he has called for the implementation of the African Union AU agenda; of the development and integration of Africa as outlined in the 50-year Agenda for the Development of the African Continent for the year 2063. He has said: "I call on all Africans, living within this continent and abroad, to have a permanent understanding of our development goals , compatibility, freedom and active solidarity.”