PETITION: President Obama, please include African civil society in the U.S-Africa Summit

The United States will host the first ever United States African

Leaders Summit, scheduled to take place from August 5–6, 2014. The

summit will provide a platform for U.S. policy makers and high-level

government officials to meet face-to-face with potentially

 forty-seven African heads of state. The summit will reportedly focus

on U.S. trade and investment in Africa, and highlight America’s

commitment to the overall security of the continent.

Despite President Obama’s commitment to the role of civil society,

civil society will not be officially included in the Summit. In June

2014, representatives of African civil society met in Washington, DC

to draft a series of recommendations to the US government, African

heads of state and African civil society as part of a vision for

making real progress.  Following the meeting, the We are Africa

website was launched with the Twitter hush-tag  ‪#WeAreAfrica. Please

explore & sign  and share our PETITION for civil society inclusion at

US-Africa Summit.

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Salaudeen Hashim

Liason Officer

West Africa Civil Society Forum (WACSOF)

Nigeria Platform