NEPAD Declares May Africa Month. 22 May 2009

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The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), has declared the month of May Africa Month, and is planning a Symposium and Cultural event, which will take place at the National Cultural Museum in Pretoria, South Africa on Africa Day, 25 May 2009. Africa Day is the annual commemoration on May 25 of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity OAU), which was succeeded in July 2002 by the present African Union (AU), while amalgamating with the African Economic Community (AEC), but kept the date and name of Africa Day.