Africa Day in Budapest

The Central European University in Budapest hosted this week the now traditional Africa Day whose message has remained unchanged for years: to draw the attention of the world's fastest-growing continent, its richness, diversity.

When the Organization of African Unity held its inaugural summit between May 22 and 25, 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, it was decided that the international day of Africa would be celebrated every year on May 25.

The then Organization of African Unity – whose legal successor, the African Union, was established in 2002 – advocated an end to colonialism and served as ‘Africa's voice’ in the international community. The basic principle of the organization was the policy of equality and non-intervention.