STORY: African leaders unveil statue of late Tanzanian president at AU
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 18, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 20, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:07
LOCATION: Addis Ababa 
CATEGORY: POLITICS

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African leaders attending the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) on Sunday unveiled a life-size statue of the late Tanzanian President, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, erected on the premises of the pan-African body's headquarters in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa.
   
Nyerere is credited as being at the forefront of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), a predecessor to today's AU. He was also one of the founding fathers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
   
Nyerere's sculpture is the third statue erected on the premises of the AU headquarters next to the late Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, and the late Ghanaian President, Kwame Nkrumah.
   
Present at the unveiling ceremony were Angolan President Joao Lourenco, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and Chairperson of the AU Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat.
   
The AU Commission chairperson said Nyerere played a pioneering role in the establishment of the OAU in 1963, a milestone event in pursuit of African unity.
   
The sculpture was designed, built, and transported to the AU headquarters in cooperation with the SADC, Nyerere's family, and the Tanzanian government.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Addis Ababa.
(XHTV)