Africa: Opening Statement At the Annual Retreat of the Group of African Ambassadors in China (Gaac), H.E. Ambassador Alhaji Sarjoh Bah, Phd AU Permanent Representative to the People’s Republic of China, Beijing | 23 April 2026

Africa: Opening Statement At the Annual Retreat of the Group of African Ambassadors in China (Gaac), H.E. Ambassador Alhaji Sarjoh Bah, Phd AU Permanent Representative to the People’s Republic of China, Beijing | 23 April 2026

His Excellency Martin Mpana, Ambassador of the Republic of Cameroon to China and Dean of the African Diplomatic Corps in China His Excellency Telesphore Irambona, Ambassador of the Republic of Burundi to China and Chairperson of African Union Her Excellency Dr. Nardos Bekele-Thomas, Chief Executive Officer of the AU Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and your formidable…

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Africa: Opening Statement At the Annual Retreat of the Group of African Ambassadors in China (Gaac), H.E. Ambassador Alhaji Sarjoh Bah, Phd AU Permanent Representative to the People’s Republic of China, Beijing | 23 April 2026

Africa: Keynote Address By H.E. Mrs. Nardos Bekele-Thomas, CEO Auda-Nepad At the Annual Retreat of the Group of African Ambassadors in China

Excellencies, H.E. Dr. Alhaji Sarjoh Bah, Permanent Representative of the African Union to China, H.E. Mr. Martin Mpana, Dean of the African Diplomatic Corps in China, H.E. Mr. Cyprien Sylvestre Mamina, Co-Chair of FOCAC, Honourable Ambassadors, Distinguished representatives of the Government of the People’s Republic of China, Colleagues, friends, ladies and gentlemen, It is a…

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Africa: Opening Statement At the Annual Retreat of the Group of African Ambassadors in China (Gaac), H.E. Ambassador Alhaji Sarjoh Bah, Phd AU Permanent Representative to the People’s Republic of China, Beijing | 23 April 2026

Africa: Annual Retreat of the Group of African Ambassadors in China On Leveraging China’s 100 Percent Tariff-Free Offer to Advance Africa’s Development and Prosperity

Under the auspices of H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, the AU Permanent Mission to China, led by H.E. Amb. Alhaji Sarjoh Bah, AU Permanent Representative to the People’s Republic of China, is convening the Annual Retreat of the Group of African Ambassadors in China on the theme “Leveraging China’s…

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Africa: Opening Statement At the Annual Retreat of the Group of African Ambassadors in China (Gaac), H.E. Ambassador Alhaji Sarjoh Bah, Phd AU Permanent Representative to the People’s Republic of China, Beijing | 23 April 2026

Africa: The Hollowing of Sovereignty – Nigeria’s Trilemma and the Retreat of the State

In early February, an insurgent group attacked communities in Kwara, North Central Nigeria, killing over a hundred people. President Bola Tinubu condemned the attack, ordered the deployment of an army battalion to the area and approved the establishment of a new military command structure to coordinate Operation Savannah Shield, an initiative aimed at dislodging armed…

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Africa: Opening Statement At the Annual Retreat of the Group of African Ambassadors in China (Gaac), H.E. Ambassador Alhaji Sarjoh Bah, Phd AU Permanent Representative to the People’s Republic of China, Beijing | 23 April 2026

Africa: What Next? United States Exits Key Entities, Vital Climate Treaties in Major Retreat From Global Cooperation

Nairobi — President Donald Trump has escalated efforts to further distance the United States from international organizations and entities focused on climate, the environment, and energy. This strategy is in step with his administration’s established approach to undermine and redirect funds and international cooperation away from climate and clean energy programs. But where some see…

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Africa: Opening Statement At the Annual Retreat of the Group of African Ambassadors in China (Gaac), H.E. Ambassador Alhaji Sarjoh Bah, Phd AU Permanent Representative to the People’s Republic of China, Beijing | 23 April 2026

Africa: Facing Debt, Donor Retreat, Africa Needs United Response – UN Warns

ADDIS ABABA- The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) suggested African countries to strengthen their economic diplomacy in home-grown expertise and credible evidence as debt crisis and donor retreat intensifies. In a briefing to the Africa Group of ambassadors at United Nations (UN) headquarters, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Executive Secretary Claver Gatete…

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