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AFRICA DAY
2023

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“The Year of AfCFTA: Acceleration of the African Continental Free Trade Area Implementation.”

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is one of the Flagship Projects of Agenda 2063 Africa’s development framework. The AfCFTA was approved by the 18th ordinary Session of Assembly of Heads of State and Government, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in January 2012 which adopted the decision to establish an African Continental Free Trade Area and the Action Plan for Boosting intra-African trade as a key initiatives whose implementation would promote socio-economic growth development . The AfCFTA aims at accelerating intra-African trade and boosting Africa’s trading position in the global market by strengthening Africa’s common voice and policy space in global trade negotiations.

The year 2023 marks 60 years since the Organization of the African Unity (OAU) was formed on 25 May 1963. The OAU later relaunched into the African Union (AU) in 2002. In celebrating 60 years of the continental organization, AU invites all African citizenry on the continent & in the diaspora to join in commemorative activities that reflect on the spirit of pan-Africanism that determined the actions of our forebearers & connects the past to the present #OurAfricaOurFuture.

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africa day celebration in new york

This year, the Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the United Nations and the African Group of Ambassodors organized a reception and an exhibition on May 25th, 2023  at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of South Africa

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