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      Message of the AUC Chairperson on the occasion of the commemoration of Africa Day, 25 May, 2025

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      Message of the AUC Chairperson on the occasion of the commemoration of Africa Day, 25 May, 2025
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      May 24, 2025
      • Message of the AUC Chairperson on the occasion of the commemoration of Africa Day, 25 May, 2025
      • Message of the AUC Chairperson on the occasion of the commemoration of Africa Day, 25 May, 2025
      • Message of the AUC Chairperson on the occasion of the commemoration of Africa Day, 25 May, 2025
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        Excellences Mesdames et Messieurs les Ambassadeurs,
        Excellence Mesdames et Messieurs,

        La Commémoration de la journée de l’Afrique en ce 25 mai 2025 est un moment de souvenir et de de communion entre tous les africains.

        Certes, des souvenirs et une histoire, souvent douloureuse, ancienne et contemporaine, remontent à la surface.

        Cette année le thème choisi par nos dirigeants est « La justice pour les africains et les personnes d’ascendance africaine à travers des réparations ».

        Réparations pour crimes commis durant les périodes d’esclavage et de colonisation contre des dizaines de millions d’Africains.

        D’ailleurs, justice qui n’est toujours pas rendue, réparations qui tardent à venir.

        Cependant, l’Afrique ne se morfond pas dans les blessures et les amertumes du passé.

        L’Afrique continue à consentir des sacrifices encore et encore, afin de se libérer des affres des conflits et du sous-développement et des guerres.

        En effet, l’Afrique se construit depuis lors, lentement mais sûrement : « Rome ne s’est pas faite en un jour », disait le célèbre Adage.

        Notre continent à travers les aspirations de ses peuples traduites dans la Charte de l’OUA puis dans l’Acte constitutif de l’Union africaine se positionne avec force et détermination sur la scène internationale.

        Démographie, minerais et terres arables, etc

        Avec plus de 2.5 milliards d’habitants en 2050 sur le continent, des millions d’hectare de terres arables, des ressources minières innombrables, des sources d’eau intarissables et un ensoleillement exceptionnel, le continent dispose de tous les atouts pour réaliser le rêve de tous les africains à savoir l’Afrique que nous voulons intégrer, pacifique et prospère.

        Aujourd’hui, nous ne verserons pas dans l’Afro-pessimisme. Le contient avance à grand pas, les progrès macro-économiques de nombreux états africains sont cités en exemple.

        Certains pays réalisaient encore des taux de croissance à 2 chiffes avant le COVID19.

        Les femmes et la jeunesse africaine prennent leur destin en main, s’organisent, revendiquent et agissent pour améliorer leur quotidien.

        Les gouvernements investissent dans les infrastructures, le développement des politiques réalistes et pragmatiques.

        Your Excellencies,

        Our continent can no longer be ignored. Its membership to the G20 is not only a well-deserved participation but it is indeed a global recognition of the importance of Africa.

        There is no doubt that Africa’s potential, mineral resources, arable lands and industrial capacity are to be accounted for.

        It is our responsibility as Africans, to protect these resources, for the sake of present and future generations.

        It is our member countries primary duty to develop a viable value chain on the continent through value addition transformation process.

        Our outstanding African Free Trade Area, is the market destined to absorb African good.

        We all know, that international geopolitics is conducted at the expense of our continent; influential global powers do not give a proper attention to our continent’s ambition.

        It is up to us Africans, to assert our values, reaffirm our convictions and gain the respect of all nations by our capacity to weigh on global arena.

        Pan-Africanism was built by our forefathers not only on the basis of legitimate aspirations of our peoples but more broadly on a number of strategic goals that are the reflection of critical thinking for the future of this continent and its peoples.

        Have a good African day.

        I thank you.

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