“An critical eventuality in African History”

Freedom, autonomy and change: 32 African countries sealed a licence of what was eventually to turn a African Union on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Traditionally, a Group of African Ambassadors Accredited to a Federal Republic of Germany also applaud this day together. This year, on 23 May, a Embassy of a Republic of South Sudan hold an central eventuality in Berlin with over 600 guest that focused on a thesis “The African Continent – Challenges and Opportunities”. In an interview, Sitona Abdalla Osman, Ambassador of a Republic of South Sudan, speaks about a significance of this day and a hurdles confronting a countries of Africa currently – also with courtesy to a G20 limit and a Marshall Plan with Africa.

Sitona Abdalla Osman© Ann-Christine Jansson

Your Excellency, African Union Day celebrates a poignant eventuality in African history. Why do we cruise it critical to applaud this day in Germany too?

On 23 May 2017, a Group of African Ambassadors Accredited to a Federal Republic of Germany distinguished African Union Day as an critical eventuality in African History. African ambassadors to a Federal Republic of Germany applaud this day annually to commemorate a arrangement of a Organisation of African Unity (OAU), a prototype organization of a benefaction African Union, in 1963, when 32 African countries sealed a licence in Addis Ababa with a design of bringing change, leisure and autonomy to African countries. Our jubilee is an eventuality to acknowledge a achievements of a peoples and governments of Africa given a time of a organisation’s foundation.

How did we applaud this special day in Germany?

The day was distinguished underneath a thesis “The African Continent – Challenges and Opportunities”. The jubilee started with a convention bringing together panellists from African organisations, a diaspora, German supervision officials and member of academia; they talked about a hurdles and a opportunities for Africa and voiced a really different and far-reaching operation of opinions that generated many questions from a audience.

Over 600 people attended, including member from German ministries, companies, non-governmental organisations, a African Union, parliament, academia, a media, a diaspora African village and African students here in Germany.

The second eventuality was a informative uncover with African song from Algeria. An African normal dress uncover with participants from Côte D’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia Madagascar and South Sudan was also held, followed by a display of dance videos from all over a African continent. The eventuality finished with a usurpation where normal food from around 22 African countries was offered.

One subject of a eventuality was German initiatives with Africa, such as a Marshall Plan with Africa. How accurately can Germany and a African continent advantage from increasing cooperation? And what are your hopes in this courtesy for a German G20 presidency in 2017?

We now have a good possibility for African countries to foster good family with a German people, generally during a golden eventuality of a German G20 presidency in 2017, where Africa is one of a tip priorities on a G20 agenda. The German G20 bulletin focuses on 3 categorical pillars: ensuring stability, improving viability for a destiny and usurpation responsibility.

For us Africans that means we have to accept shortcoming for a growth of Africa, since it will count on African leaders and a African people. We conclude this initiative, though it has to be with Africa and not for Africa, and it has to be in suitability with a particular priorities of any nation in Africa. 

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