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Even before the Covid-19 pandemic hit the globe in late 2019, Africa’s 1.3 billion people were already facing the worst development indices of all the world’s regions combined with poverty, disease, socio-economic crises, political instability and insecurity rocking the continent. There has been no let-up to the growing list of calamities.
From the assassination of President Idriss Deby of Chad to the unprecedented deadly attacks on Mozambique by Islamist terrorists to the military coups in Mali and Niger, insecurity in Nigeria and across West and Central Africa, and the Sahel, coupled with the unending civil war in Somalia, the raging conflicts in Ethiopia, Libya, the rebel attacks and latest volcanic eruption in DR Congo, the adversity prognosis and projections are grim for Africa.
Tuesday, 25 May is set aside to celebrate the formation of the African Union’s predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity, in 1963. Since then, Africa Day has become about so much more than one organisation. Civil society has marked the day with various events to highlight the common challenges and victories of African countries.
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This year, the African Union will mark the day by launching the long-anticipated Charter for African Cultural Renaissance. The charter focuses on:
“Promotion of African identity, shared values, the spirit of Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance;
Development of the creative economy of the continent;
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