United States Embassy gets new offices in Accra

25th May: Africa Day

25th May is Africa Day, commemorating the date when the Organization of African Unity was set up in 1963. In July 2002, this organization was replaced by the African Union.
44 years ago today, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, leaders of the few independent countries on our continent, alongside those fighting for the independence of their countries, converged to establish a common front of African corporation, emancipation and prosperity.

This convergence gave birth to the Organization for African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU).
The OAU was committed to the total liberation of all African nations, a united African society based on the principles of egalitarianism, social justice and Pan- Africanism.

This process was led by our founding fathers Kwame Nkurumah, Sekou Toure, Augustino Neto, Julius Mwalimu Nyerere, and Sir Tseretse Khama only but to mention a few nation builders, visionaries and founders of the struggle against imperialism and capitalism.
44 years on, what is the significance of Africa Day?
Source:GHP

Rawlings confers with Togolese President

Former President Rawlings, who is also a member of the African Forum, has paid a one-day working visit to the Republic of Togo today, Thursday 24th May, 2007 to hold discussions with President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo on the situation in Togo with respect to the reforms that have been introduced by the Togolese President sometime ago.

The discussions which were free and fair covered the concerns of Former Presidents in the African Forum for the progress of Togo in the direction of good governance.President Rawlings, accompanied by Mrs Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings and Former Foreign Minister Victor Gbeho, has since returned home.

Source:Victor Emmanuel Smith (Special Assistant and Director of Public Affairs)

President leaves Accra for four-nation tour

President John Agyekum Kufuor on Tuesday left Accra for a four-nation tour of Belgium, Ethiopia, Egypt and Nigeria. His first stop would be Brussels, Belgium where he would hold discussions with the EU Commission's President, Mr Baroso Jose Manuel, on the forthcoming African Union (AU)- European Union (EU) summit in November and the G8 Summit in June this year. President Kufuor would join his colleagues to celebrate the African Union Day in Addis Ababa Ethiopia and then go to Egypt for a three-day state visit.

He would then go to Nigeria to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Yar Ardua on 29th May 2007. President is expected back on 30th May 2007.GNA