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AFRICANS RISING TO MARK 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF OAU WITH SIMULTANEOUS DEMONSTRATIONS FOR BORDERLESS AFRICA
AFRICANS RISING TO MARK 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF OAU WITH SIMULTANEOUS DEMONSTRATIONS FOR BORDERLESS AFRICA
By: Michael Mike
Africans Rising for Unity, Justice, Peace and Dignity is pleased to announce that the week from 22nd to 28th May has been declared African Liberation Week, one of the largest Pan-African mobilizations in the world.
Every year, Africans Rising mobilises thousands of people across Africa and the diaspora under the banner of African Liberation Week (ALW) to commemorate Pan-African cooperation and solidarity.
The African Liberation Week mass mobilisation is drawn from African Liberation Day observed annually on 25th May to commemorate the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) created on 25th May, 1963. This year, the day marks exactly 60 years since the formation of OAU, now African Union (AU).
This year’s milestone coincides with #BorderlessAfrica, a massive Africans Rising campaign launched during the 2022 All-African Movement Assembly in Arusha, Tanzania. Thus, the theme for this year’s African Liberation Week “Borderless Africa” will bring Africans together to advocate for the ratification and enforcement of the AU protocol on the free movement of people and goods in Africa. Along with our theme this year, we are recognizing the following sub-themes:
- Fight against inequality
- The multiple crises – food, energy, climate etc
“The geopolitical whirlwinds we see today demand that we build strength and prosper together, which can only happen through unity and Pan-African solidarity. We must ask ourselves whether or not we are prepared to emerge from these as drawers of water and hewers of wood as we have been for the past centuries”, says Hardi Yakubu, Africans Rising Movement Coordinator.
Last year, under the theme “Africa for Africans”, the African Liberation Week mobilisation engaged more than 500 actions across 46 countries in Africa and the diaspora. This year, we shall have over 400 co- organized and self-organized activities /events registrations across African towns /communities and diaspora drawn from this year’s theme and sub-themes. For more information about 2023 African Liberation Week, visit our website: https://www.africansrising.org/africanliberationweek/
We are calling upon the citizens and descendants of Africa to identify and organize events near them and invite individuals and organizations to join them; or provide the financial support for specific organizations or movements to host their own event during the African Liberation Week in any country (ies) / region (s). Africans Rising calls on everybody to join the movement by reading our founding charter, The Kilimanjaro Declaration, and registering as a member.
You can support the sustainability of the Pan African movement by becoming a donor, through our giving platforms on our website: https://www.africansrising.org/donate/
Africans Rising is a global Pan-African movement of people and organizations working for Unity, Justice, Peace and Dignity. Launched in 2017, the movement provides a space for progressive African civil society leaders and groups engaged in various civic struggles to convene, connect, collaborate, share knowledge and build solidarity among people and across issues.
AFRICANS RISING TO MARK 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF OAU WITH SIMULTANEOUS DEMONSTRATIONS FOR BORDERLESS AFRICA
Wife of the Vice President of Nigeria in Ethiopia
By: Our Reporter
Wife of the Vice President of Nigeria Hajiya Nana Shettima arrived Addis Ababa With Her Husband, Senator Kashim Shettima to attend the 30th General Assembly of Organization of African First Ladies For Development (OAFLAD) while The Vice President will be attending the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of African Union Heads of States and Government on behalf of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Mrs Shettima is Representing First Lady of Nigeria Senator Oluremi Tinubu CON.
The African First Ladies are expected to Focus on internal issues and advance OAFLAD’s strategic priorities.
The 30th General Assembly’s open session under the theme “Building Resilience for Women and Girls: Climate, Conflict, and Sustainable Futures will be held on the 15th of February.
Mrs Shettima who left Abuja this afternoon for Addis Ababa the Capital of Ethiopia will participate in various meetings with African First Ladies spanning for Three Days
Wife of the Vice President of Nigeria in Ethiopia
Vice President Shettima Arrives Ethiopia Ahead Of AU Summit
By: Our Reporter
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government, as well as the 30th General Assembly, scheduled to hold on February 14 and 15, 2026, respectively.
The Vice President was received at the Bole International Airport by the Ethiopian Minister of Innovation and Technology, Dr. Belete Mola, alongside the Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Berhanu tsegaye; Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yussuf Tuggar; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Amb. Dunoma Ahmed; Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of Nigeria, Ethiopia, Amb. Nasiru Aminu; Head of Consular and Ambassador-Designate, Amb. Geoffrey Chima and other government officials.
On arrival, the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Tuggar, debriefed the Vice President on his itinerary at the Summit.
This year’s AU summit, with the theme, “Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063,” will focus on advancing continental commitments toward sustainable water management, improved sanitation systems, and the broader development aspirations encapsulated in the AU’s Agenda 2063 framework.
Besides the Heads of State meetings, Senator Shettima will participate in high-level side events, and bilateral engagements with political and business leaders aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s diplomatic, economic, and strategic partnerships across the continent.
Speaking with journalists after debriefing the Vice President, Amb. Tuggar said the launch of the Regional Partnership for Democracy (RPD) is a strategic move to consolidate and strengthen the democratic culture in Africa.
On the gains of the summit, the Minister noted that the country was already taking in the benefits of her participation, with the confirmati on of Nigeria as the host of the African Monetary Institute and the African Central Bank as well as its nomination to the board of the bank.
Vice President Shettima Arrives Ethiopia Ahead Of AU Summit
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VP Shettima Departs Abuja to Represent President Tinubu at the 2026 African Union Summit
VP Shettima Departs Abuja to Represent President Tinubu at the 2026 African Union Summit
By: Our Reporter
The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima, has departed Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the 2026 African Union (AU) Summit.
The Summit, themed “Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063,” will focus on advancing continental commitments toward sustainable water management, improved sanitation systems, and the broader development aspirations encapsulated in the AU’s Agenda 2063 framework.
While in Addis Ababa, the Vice President will join other African leaders at the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of AU Heads of State and Government, as well as the 30th General Assembly, scheduled to hold on February 14 and 15, 2026, respectively.
On the margins of the Summit, Senator Shettima will participate in high-level side events and hold bilateral engagements with political and business leaders aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s diplomatic, economic, and strategic partnerships across the continent.
The Vice President is accompanied by cabinet ministers and other senior government officials. He is expected to return to Nigeria at the conclusion of his official engagements in Addis Ababa.
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