On our Facebook page we told participants to create by themselves or with AI assistance, poems supporting Haiti’s aspiration to join the African Union, AU. You can see the poems here.
Category: Advocacy
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As Togo Grants 30-Day Visa-Free Access To All African Citizens
The Togolese Republic’s recent grant of 30-Day Visa-Free Access to all African citizens is remarkable.
We welcome Togo’s commitment to Pan Africanist ideals, and ask that (if it’s not yet so) all Afro Descendants be included as beneficiaries, so they can enjoy the colorful cultures and bountiful hospitality of the Togolese African Peoples.
https://www.thecable.ng/togo-grants-30-day-visa-free-access-to-all-african-citizens/
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Haiti AU Membership: The EU Outermost Regions & The Urgent Need For AU Outermost Regions
The European Union has nine designated Outermost Regions (ORs). These territories are located far from the European Continent but are integral parts of the EU. They are, namely, Canary Islands (Africa), Réunion (Africa), Guadeloupe (Caribbean),
French Guiana (South America),
Martinique (Caribbean),
Mayotte (Indian Ocean),
Saint Martin (Caribbean),
Azores (North Atlantic), and
Madeira (North Atlantic).EU treaties apply to them in full, though they receive specially tailored support to offset economic challenges like remoteness, insularity, and difficult topographies.
During EU elections, the voters from these regions elect their own representatives to the EU Parliament. They use the Euro as their currency.
But when our own Haiti asked to join the African Union, they were rejected by the AU Commission and told they are not an African country. Is that fair?
Why can’t we see the Afro Descendant States of the African Diaspora as part of the AU’s Outermost Regions? AU Law, (Article 3(q) of the Protocol on Amendments to the AU’s Constitutive Act) makes it clear that all Africans of the Diaspora, (including Afro Descendants) are part of the Continent and should be invited and encouraged to participate fully in the AU.
The AU Commission must correct this error by welcoming Haiti and any other willing State of the African Diaspora into AU.
How the EU Commission helps the Outermost Territories
The EU Commission uses Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU)to formulate tailored policies that account for the unique challenges of the ORs. To prevent standard EU laws from putting these remote territories at a disadvantage, the Commission actively incorporates OR-specificities into EU policies.
The Afro Descendants, which include Haiti, need to be invited and encouraged to join the AU, not kept out of it. One Africa.
#HaitiToAU #LetHaitiIn #Afrodescendants #PanAfricanism
The Prince & Princess Charles Offokaja Foundation has tirelessly worked to bring Haiti into the AU since 2019. And we need your help in this effort to give the Afro Descendants their Full rights in the African Family!
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Supporting Haiti’s AU Membership Bid Is An Expression Of Pan-Africanism
Haiti is the first Black Republic in the world, having defeated slavery in 1804.
Years ago, Haiti formally applied to join the African Union. However, the application was not transmitted to Member States by the AU Commission as required under Article 29 of the AU Constitutive Act.
If we truly believe in Pan-Africanism and solidarity, supporting Haiti’s membership in the African Union is an important step.
Do you support Haiti joining the African Union?
Drop YES if you stand with them in this Facebook post.
One Africa. One Destiny.
HaitiToAU #LetHaitiIn #PanAfricanism #OneAfrica #AUForHaiti
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Haiti AU Membership: Let’s Learn from the Arab League
The Arab League rightly accepts countries like Egypt, Somalia, Comoros, Djibouti, and Mauritania as Full Members — even though they are not located on the Arabian Peninsula. They are accepted because they are bona fide Arab countries.
Haiti is an African country in spirit, history, and blood. They threw off the yoke of Transatlantic slavery in 1804, becoming the first Black independent republic.
We therefore urge the African Union Commission to move Haiti’s membership bid forward as required under Article 29 of the AU Constitutive Act.
If we truly believe in Pan-Africanism, we should support Haiti joining the African Union — just as the Arab League accepts full membership for all Arab countries without rigid geographical limitations.
Do you support Haiti joining the African Union?
Drop YES if you stand with them ❤️
Tag your friends and let’s make this go viral.HaitiToAU #PanAfricanism #AUForHaiti #LetHaitiIn