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CARICOM celebrates fifth CARICOM-Africa Day as a “future-oriented” partnership

From ABC Color · () Spanish

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  • CARICOM President Philip Pierre marked the fifth anniversary of CARICOM-Africa Day and described ties between the regions as a unified, future-oriented partnership.
  • Pierre said cooperation has expanded through a 2024 memorandum with the African Union, bilateral partnerships, health initiatives and air connectivity projects.
  • He called for joint action on sustainable development, climate resilience and the interests of vulnerable states, while highlighting CARICOM’s role in the African Union’s Sixth Region.

CARICOM is marking the fifth anniversary of CARICOM-Africa Day with a message that the relationship between the Caribbean and Africa is moving toward a more unified and practical partnership.

Philip Pierre, CARICOM’s president and the prime minister of Saint Lucia, said the anniversary reaffirmed “our shared commitment to a unified vision of a future-oriented partnership and strategic cooperation for our two regions.” Heads of state and government agreed to establish the annual commemoration at the first CARICOM-Africa Summit in 2021.

Our shared commitment to a unified vision of a future-oriented partnership and strategic cooperation for our two regions.

· Philip PierreCARICOM’s president described the significance of the fifth CARICOM-Africa Day anniversary.

Since then, Pierre said, governments and people across the African Union, CARICOM and the African diaspora have significantly strengthened their links. He pointed to the memorandum of understanding signed by the CARICOM and African Union secretariats on Sept. 26, 2024, calling it “a decisive step toward deepening intersecretariat cooperation.”

A decisive step toward deepening intersecretariat cooperation.

· Philip PierrePierre described the 2024 memorandum of understanding between the CARICOM and African Union secretariats.

The partnership has also expanded through bilateral ties with institutions including Afreximbank. Pierre said the bank’s Caribbean office continues to catalyze financing for infrastructure, small businesses and trade. Joint initiatives in health services and air connectivity, he added, aim to unlock commercial exchange, tourism and direct people-to-people contact.

Pierre connected the commemoration with the Second International Decade for People of African Descent and the United Nations declaration on their rights. He said CARICOM honors the resilience of its ancestors and those who died in the atrocities of the transatlantic slave trade. Against climate-related natural disasters and geopolitical instability, he said the regions must use a collective voice to promote sustainable development, climate resilience and the interests of vulnerable states. CARICOM members, he added, are vital components of the African Union’s Sixth Region, with a deepening alliance intended to create measurable benefits for young people, local businesses and collective resilience.

CARICOM continues to play an important leadership role in the global campaign for reparatory justice.

· Philip PierreHe highlighted CARICOM’s advocacy for reparations and unity across the African diaspora.
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