Vice-President Afif to attend African Union summit |17 February 2024

Vice-President Afif (Photo: Office of the President)

Vice-President Ahmed Afif will be representing the President of the Republic, Wavel Ramkalawan at the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union to be held from February 17-18, 2024 at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The upcoming African Union Statutory Summit meeting is to be held under the African Union’s (AU) 2024 theme ‘Educate an African fit for the 21st Century: Building resilient education systems for increased access to inclusive, lifelong, quality, and relevant learning in Africa’.

During the summit, the vice-president is expected to present Seychelles’ blue economy champion’s report. He will also be attending some equally important side meetings, which will include the meeting of the committee of African Heads of State and Government on climate change (CAHOSCC) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) meeting with the president and executive secretary of the institution.

The vice-president departed the country yesterday.

Press release from the Office of the President