Africa Youth Month(AYM) will have a launch event on the 1st of November, Africa Youth Day, and four weeks of activities with each week themed along the 4Es of Education, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Engagement.

Launch of Youth Silencing the Guns Campaign

Your Excellencies, all Protocols are duly observed.

I would like to first of all, thank the Commissioner of Peace and Security, H.E. Ambassador Smail Chergui, ​for his leadership and commitment to youth engagement by launching the Youth Silencing the Guns Campaign and for his openness to the idea of a targeted campaign for youth within the ​2020 ​Theme of the Year “Silencing the Guns: creating conducive conditions for Africa's development” within the circumstances of COVID-19 outbreak.

WHAT:     Virtual Launch of Youth Silencing the Guns Campaign

THEME:   Advancing Youth Roles and  Capacities to Silence the Guns in Africa

WHEN:     Friday, 24^th July, 2020

TIME:      15:00h – 16:30h East African Time (EAT)

Adopted by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) at its 933rd meeting held on 23 June 2020, on Youth, Peace and Security in Africa,

The Peace and Security Council,