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The Africa We Want Is Being Built Before Our Eyes – President Paul Kagame

The Africa We Want Is Being Built Before Our Eyes – President Paul Kagame

President Paul Kagame has said that the Africa we want is being built piece by piece following increased progress towards achieving the goals Africa has set for herself. Highlighting the progress on the African Continental Free Trade Area, President Kagame announced Burundi, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Sierra Leone as the five new signatories bringing […]

End the ‘Harmful Narrative’ – Migration Is a Net-Gain for Africa, Finds UN Report

End the ‘Harmful Narrative’ – Migration Is a Net-Gain for Africa, Finds UN Report

The large-scale migration of people within Africa tends to boost growth and lifts the continent’s whole economy, a new United Nations report has said, urging the world to dispel misconceptions and “harmful narratives” targeting migration. Cross-border movement offers “a chance for a better life, with the social and economic benefits extending to both source and […]

17 Million People Left African Continent in 2017 – United Nations

17 Million People Left African Continent in 2017 – United Nations

No fewer than 17 million Africans left the continent in 2017 in search of greener pastures, a new report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has said. The ‘Economic Development in Africa’ report also said 5.5 million people moved to Africa from other continents while some 19 million international migrants moved within […]

Corruption Undermines “the Africa We Want” – Cyril Ramaphosa

Corruption Undermines “the Africa We Want” – Cyril Ramaphosa

Addressing an Africa Day celebration for the first time since taking office, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa spelled out his administration’s foreign policy concerns on continental issues. Edited excerpts follow: South Africa’s foreign policy will always be rooted on the African continent, seeking to contribute towards Africa’s renaissance. In this regard, we draw inspiration from […]

Keeping the African Union Relevant to Africa’s Citizens

Keeping the African Union Relevant to Africa’s Citizens

Africa Day is celebrated across the continent with cultural festivals, conferences and actions to combat xenophobia. The day commemorates the founding, on 25 May 1963, of the Organisation of African Unity, the forerunner of the African Union (AU). For some, Africa Day is also a time for hard questions: Is a continental organisation like the […]

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