Developments on the African continent: debates, reflections and sharing The African Union calls for governance based on respect for public and private freedoms where priority must be given. The African Union calls for governance based on respect for public and private freedoms, where the daily priority and effectiveness of institutions are dedicated to peace, health,...
Category: Articles and Reports
Conceptual note of the spirituality pole
It is necessary to highlight at the outset the diversity of the religious fact in a plural Africa, whether Muslim, Christian, traditional or other. At the Africa World Institute, we have a project to reflect on spirituality and its impact on the experience in Africa and in Africa’s relations with the rest of the world.
Concept note of the economics pole
Inventing Tomorrow’s Ideas The construction of the African Union is shaping today – the history of an entire continent, the lives of hundreds of millions of African citizens and Africa’s role in the world. Africa, once seen as a poor continent and economically dependent on other regions, has relatively quickly proved the opposite by recording...
Conceptual note of the societies and cultures pole
Paragraphs 13, 25, 27 and 28 of the Manifesto of the Fiftieth Anniversary of African Independence mention the predominant place to be given to cultural diplomacy within African States[1], the prominent role of the diaspora[2], the necessary contribution of Africa’s voice to ecological issues[3], the revitalization of African languages as vehicles for the transmission of...
African emergence: coherence and audacity in multiple voices
The Abuja Treaty of June 1991 laid the foundations for the creation of the African Economic Community (AEC), in which the economies of the African Union (AU) Member States should be fully integrated by 2028 in order to develop and face globalization. It seems obvious that the objectives and provisions of the Treaty essentially tend...