Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), February 1, 2015 (SPS) - The in-coming Chairperson of the African Union, President of Zimbabwe, H.E. Robert Mugabe, stressed in his acceptance speech in front of the 24th Assembly of Heads of States and Governments held at the organisation’s headquarters in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, that “Africa’s failure to decolonise Western Sahara would be a negation to African ideals and principles”.
He called on the UN to “implement all relevant resolutions requiring the holding of a referendum on self-determination for the Saharawi people”, estimating that “Our failure to complete the decolonisation process in Western Sahara would be a serious negation of the ideals that our founding fathers fought for and bequeathed to us.”
He emphasised that “the continent is not completely free, for as long as our brothers and sisters in Western Sahara remain under Moroccan occupation.”
The President of Zimbabwe, H.E. Robert Mugabe has been appointed the new Chairman of the African Union, succeeding Mauritania’s President, H.E. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, at the opening session of the 24th Assembly of Heads of States and Governments, it should be recalled. (SPS)
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