PRESS BRIEFING ON THE 61ST AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY
MEDIA CENTRE: FRIDAY 24TH MAY 2024
Event: 61st African Liberation Day, also called AFRICA Day
Date: Saturday 25th May 2024
Venue: Kololo Independence Grounds
GoH: To be confirmed
Theme:
“Guaranteeing safe environment for a digital Pan African Education System: Creating a Centre of Gravity for the United African States (UAS)”.
Organizers:
Pan African Groups in Uganda
African Diplomatic Group
Supported by Government MDAs
Participants:
Pan African Organizations in Uganda:
oPan African Federalist Movement (PAFM)
oPan African Movement Uganda Chapter (PAM-U)
oPan African Women’s Organization (PAWO)
oGlobal Pan African Secretariat HQs
African Ambassadors Group
oS. Africa
oEritrea
oRwanda
oBurundi
oEthiopia
oAlgeria
oDR Congo
oNigeria
oS. Sudan
oThe Sudan
oSaharawi Republic
oKenya
oUnited Republic of Tanzania
oEgypt
Government MDAs
oMinistry of Foreign Affairs
oMinistry of Internal Affairs
oDirectorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control
oUganda Prisons Service
oMinistry of Defence and Veteran Affairs
oUganda Peoples’ Defence Forces
oMinistry of EAC Affairs
oMinistry of Gender Labour and Social Development
oMinistry of Trade Industry and Cooporatives
oMinistry of Education
oMinistry of Tourism Wildlife and Antiquity
oUganda Tourism Board
oMinistry of ICT
African Communities in Uganda
oSomali
oBurundi
oEthiopian
oEritrean
oCongolese
oCaribbean
oSudan
oNigerian
oGhanaian
oKenyan
oRastafari
oPatriotic League of Uganda
Institutions
oTeachers’ Association
oUganda National Students’ Council (UNSA)
oNational Youth Council (NYC)
oAfrican Union Students’ Platform (AUSP)
oBoys & Girls Brigade
Cultural Institutions
oRwenzururu
oBuganda
oBusoga
oTooro
oBunyoro
oAlur
oAcholi
oLango
oJopadhola
oBuganda
oIteso
Religious Faiths Group
Political Parties
Parliamentarians
Media
Security Agencies
NOTES
The Day is recognized and celebrated annually by all Pan Africanists across Africa and around the world as the Africa Day, since the founding of the Organization of the African Unity (OAU), today African Union (AU) in 1963.
On 25 May 1963, thirty-one African Heads of State convened a meeting to establish the Organization of African Unity (OAU). They renamed African Freedom Day which had been declared so on 15th April 1958, the "African Liberation Day" (ALD) and changed its date to May 25th.
The celebration marks each year’s progress in the liberation of Africa and symbolizes the determination of the people of Africa to free themselves from the yoke of foreign domination and exploitation which has a long and glorious history.
Since the 1994 7th Pan African Congress held in Uganda, H.E. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is the Patron for the Global Pan African Movement, whose Chairman is Gen. Kahiinda Otafiire.