Namibia commemorates Africa Day

STORY: Namibia commemorates Africa Day DATELINE: May 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: Windhoek CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Africa Day celebration 2. SOUNDBITE (English): HELENA YOLOKENI KAVENA, Namibia's Ministry of Education, Art and Culture 3. various of the Africa Day celebration STORYLINE: Namibia joined the rest of the continent to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU). The event ran under the theme "Our Africa, Our Future." The southwestern African nation held an event in Windhoek, the country's capital where various dignitaries from various international embassies based in Windhoek joined the celebrations. SOUNDBITE (English): HELENA YOLOKENI KAVENA, Namibia's Ministry of Education, Art and Culture "We are here celebrating Africa Day which was started in 1963, (on) May 25 in Tanzania and also Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Africa Day is the day when the African Union and the continent as a whole