Africa Day 2026 marks the OAU’s 63rd anniversary

President Évariste Ndayishimiye assumed the rotating chairmanship at the 39th Assembly. Rotation broadens regional representation in continental leadership, though chairmanship does not transfer the...

The Assembly concluded two days of deliberation and adopted its decisions, declarations and resolutions. Its resolutions on reparations, global governance and integration carry forward Pan-African...

The General Assembly adopted A/RES/80/250, spearheaded by Ghana, recognizing trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement as the gravest crime against humanity. The resolution...

The forum met under the theme of expanding human rights during the Second International Decade for People of African Descent. It provides a global space for people of African descent to raise lived...

The session concluded discussions on human rights, participation and conditions affecting people of African descent. The forum’s continuity links diaspora advocacy to UN institutions, while its...

The joint Africa Day message connected continental unity to institutional reform and reparatory justice. It reflects official priorities and should be read as a political commitment whose practical...

The second meeting of AUCER and AULER opened with a joint plenary, beginning technical work on the African common position for reparatory justice. This marks a shift from broad political...

AUCER met from 2–3 June to deliberate on a framework paper and organize thematic work. The process may strengthen continental coordination, while the eventual position will reflect both state...

AULER convened from 4–5 June to address legal pathways and a framework paper. The work connects historical claims to present legal debate but does not resolve jurisdiction, responsibility or remedies.

The joint process organized work on global governance, finance, education and culture, legal pathways and advocacy. The categories show that reparations are being approached as structural and cultural...