Advocate. Programs Manager, @Youth_TJN Tax Consultant. Published Author. Love thy neighbor.
Kampala, Uganda
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New Paper: Impact of Uganda’s 2025 Tax Amendments on Youth 🚨📄
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Uganda’s 2025 tax amendments aim to raise revenue and modernize the system. But will they unlock opportunities for young people or create new barriers?
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Emisolo emipya egiteeseddwa mu Uganda gikosa nyo abavubuka abatandikawo bizinensi n’obusobozi bwabwe okugikuza n’okugisigaza nga giyimiridde.
Nekilara, okulwawo okufulumya obuyambi bwa silingi obuwumbi 20 obwali busuubiziddwa abasuubuzi abaakosebwa amataba mu Kampala, kitegeeza ki eri obulamu bwabwe n’emirimu gyabwe?
Bino bibuuuzo bikulu ebikwata ku musolo omwenkanya, obuwangaazi bwa bizinensi n’obuvunaanyizibwa mu nkozesa y’ensimbi z’omuwi w’omusolo.
Twegatte ko ne Allan Muhereza Murangira, Ssenkulu wa Youth for Tax Justice Network (YTJN), ku Kingdom TV ku Lwomukaaga ku ssaawa 10:00 ez’oku makya, ku kakiiko akagenda okwekenneenya engeri emisolo emipya mu Uganda gye gikosaamu abavubuka abasuubuzi n’okusoomoozebwa abasuubuzi kwe boolekedde nga balindirira obuyambi gavumenti bwe yabasuubiza.
Okuteesa kuno kujja kuleeta endowooza ku nsonga z’obwenkanya mu misolo, nga twekenneenya si ngeri gavumenti gy’ekuŋŋaanyaamu omusolo gwokka, wabula n’engeri ensimbi z’abantu gye zikozesebwamu, okutuukiriza ebisuubizo bya gavumenti n’engeri bino gye bikosaamu bizinensi n’Abaganda okutwalira awamu.
Twegatte ku Kingdom TV ku Lwomukaaga ku ssaawa 10:00 ez’oku makya.
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🌍 Every COP traces back to one treaty. But how did it all begin?
The global climate negotiations we know today started with a landmark agreement in 1992. Here are four dates that shaped the world’s response to climate change:
📍1992: Countries adopted the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at the Rio Earth Summit. It entered into force in 1994, establishing the foundation for global climate cooperation.
📍 1995: COP1 convened in Berlin, launching the annual process of reviewing and negotiating international climate action.
📍 1997: The Kyoto Protocol introduced legally binding greenhouse gas emission-reduction targets for developed countries.
📍 2015: The Paris Agreement set a global goal to keep warming well below 2°C while pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. Countries submit Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), outlining their climate commitments, every five years, with expectations to strengthen them over time.
The goal remains the same: prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system. But climate promises only matter when they translate into action. Every COP is an opportunity to assess progress, negotiate stronger commitments, and hold countries accountable.
🌍Africa has been an integral member of this process. At COP27 in Egypt in 2022, countries agreed to establish a fund to help vulnerable developing countries respond to loss and damage caused by climate change. In 2027, Ethiopia is set to host COP32 in Addis Ababa, bringing global climate negotiations to Africa once again.
As the world prepares for the next COP, one question remains: Will countries turn their commitments into climate action that delivers for people and the planet?
#COP #ClimateAction #UNFCCC #ClimateFinance #AfricaClimateAction #COP31
🌍 Who speaks for whom at COP31? Understanding climate negotiating blocs.
The 198 Parties to the UN Climate Convention organise themselves into negotiating groups and coalitions to strengthen their collective voice. Since climate decisions generally require consensus, these alliances help countries coordinate positions and advance shared priorities.
1⃣Developing country coalitions
G77 and China, AGN, AOSIS, LDCs, BASIC and LMDCs advocate for equity, climate finance and differentiated responsibilities.
2⃣Developed country and cross-regional coalitions
The EU, Umbrella Group, and Environmental Integrity Group represent different negotiating positions.
3⃣UN Regional Groups
Five geographic groups handle administrative matters, including COP host rotation and COP Bureau elections.
Why does this matter?
Understanding these groups helps us follow who shapes climate negotiations, how countries build alliances, and whose priorities are represented at the table.
💬 As COP31 approaches, whose voices and priorities will shape the global climate agenda?
#COP31 #ClimateJustice #ClimateFinance #UNFCCC
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Every #climate conference leaves behind a legacy of commitments. Every new COP inherits the responsibility to turn those commitments into action.
✅COP15 (2009): Developed countries pledged USD 100 billion per year for climate action.
✅COP26 (2021): Countries committed to doubling adaptation finance by 2025.
✅COP27 (2022): Governments agreed to create a Loss and Damage Fund.
✅COP28 (2023): The first Global Stocktake was completed, and the fund became operational.
✅COP29 (2024): A new finance goal of at least USD 300 billion annually by 2035 was adopted, alongside a call to mobilize USD 1.3 trillion from all sources.
✅COP30 (2025): Countries agreed to triple adaptation finance by 2035 and adopt approximately 60 adaptation indicators.
These commitments represent years of negotiation, advocacy, and pressure from communities on the frontlines of #climatechange. But commitments alone do not cool a warming planet, protect livelihoods, or rebuild communities facing climate-related losses.
As #COP31 approaches, governments, businesses, civil society, and development partners must move beyond pledges and demonstrate measurable progress. The world is watching not for new promises, but for evidence that existing ones are being fulfilled.
Because a promise is only the start. Delivery is the real test.
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🌍 Who speaks for whom at COP31? Understanding climate negotiating blocs.
The 198 Parties to the UN Climate Convention organise themselves into negotiating groups and coalitions to strengthen their collective voice. Since climate decisions generally require consensus, these alliances help countries coordinate positions and advance shared priorities.
1⃣Developing country coalitions
G77 and China, AGN, AOSIS, LDCs, BASIC and LMDCs advocate for equity, climate finance and differentiated responsibilities.
2⃣Developed country and cross-regional coalitions
The EU, Umbrella Group, and Environmental Integrity Group represent different negotiating positions.
3⃣UN Regional Groups
Five geographic groups handle administrative matters, including COP host rotation and COP Bureau elections.
Why does this matter?
Understanding these groups helps us follow who shapes climate negotiations, how countries build alliances, and whose priorities are represented at the table.
💬 As COP31 approaches, whose voices and priorities will shape the global climate agenda?
#COP31 #ClimateJustice #ClimateFinance #UNFCCC
💬 As the world prepares for COP31, understanding the UNFCCC helps us follow the global decisions shaping our climate future.
So, what is the UNFCCC, and why does it matter?
Established in 1992 at the Rio Earth Summit, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) provides the foundation for global cooperation on climate change, bringing together 198 Parties.
OBJECTIVES
1⃣ Stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations to prevent dangerous climate change.
2⃣ Protect ecosystems, safeguard food production and support sustainable development.
3⃣ Provide a platform for countries to negotiate climate action through annual COP summits.
4⃣ Promote equity through Common but Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR), recognising countries’ different contributions to climate change and capacities to respond.
The UNFCCC has paved the way for major climate agreements, including the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.
#UNFCCC #COP31 #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #ClimateFinance
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📍Dakar, Sénégal | 30 Sept .– 02 Oct 2026.
𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲: 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐚𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐀𝐂; Hosted by @SEATINIUGANDA
"Africa’s natural resources and expanding economic activity provide opportunities to raise more domestic revenue, provided tax systems are designed to capture a fair share of the resulting economic value." - @jon_kafuko, YTJN Programs Manager
More: africabrief.substack.com/p/y…
📸: @TaxJusticeAfric
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𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐧-𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲: 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐚𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐀𝐂.
@SEATINIUGANDA hosted the side session “Beyond Revenue: Rethinking Taxation for Structural Transformation and Tackling Illicit Financial Flows in the EAC,” challenging participants to view taxation not only as a means of raising revenue but also as a broader tool for shaping Africa’s economic transformation.
The discussion stressed that industrialisation alone does not automatically lead to structural transformation. Participants noted that industrial parks, investment and production must be linked to value addition, fair taxation, job creation and broader systems change if they are to deliver meaningful development outcomes.
Follow day 2 live proceedings: tjna.me/4ho3BEE
#TaxJusticeAfrica #PAC2026
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📍Dakar, Sénégal | 30 Sept – 02 Oct .2026.
M. Cheikh Diba, Ministre de l'Économie, des Finances et du Plan, Sénégal, lors de son allocution d'ouverture de la #PAC26, s'est longuement exprimé sur la pertinence de la fiscalité comme levier de justice, de souveraineté et de transformation.
1⃣ De l'ambition à l'action. De la collecte à la transformation. Dakar doit marquer un tournant décisif.
2⃣88,6 milliards de dollars perdus chaque année. Cela représente la quasi-totalité de l'aide et des investissements que l'Afrique reçoit. Les flux financiers illicites nous volent notre avenir.
3⃣Ces flux traversent les frontières. Nos solutions doivent en faire autant. Un continent. Une seule voix.
@TaxJusticeAfric #TaxJustice
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📍Dakar, Sénégal | 30 Sept – 02 Oct .2026.
M. Cheikh Diba, ministre de l'Économie, des Finances et du Plan du Sénégal, s'est également exprimé sur la Convention fiscale de l'ONU, sur la nécessité de passer des paroles aux actes et sur la réalité fiscale en Afrique.
4⃣La Convention fiscale de l'ONU constitue une étape historique. L'Afrique doit rester mobilisée. Les registres des bénéficiaires effectifs doivent être universels et interconnectés.
5⃣Passer de la dénonciation à l'action. De la fragmentation à la coopération. De l'extraction à l'équité, à la confiance et à la transformation. Dakar doit marquer un tournant décisif.
6⃣Éducation. Santé. Emplois. Climat. Tels sont les besoins. La justice fiscale est le moyen de les financer.
@TaxJusticeAfric #TaxJustice
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Tax policy unfolds over a long timeline. The rules one generation writes set the terms of public revenue for decades, and they rarely reopen once they harden into practice.
In the foreword to YTJN's new publication, "Centering African Youth in Global Tax Governance," Dr. @LylaALatif, Managing Partner at Lai'Latif & Co Advocates and Co-founder of the Committee on Fiscal Studies (@CFS_UoN), makes the case for why youth engagement with the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation matters now.
Read: bit.ly/4ApIMBA
Her call: African states hold the sovereign right to revenue on profits earned within their own borders.
"When your house don't sell you, the street will not buy you."
#UNTaxConvention
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Written by @jon_kafuko and @LuritYugusuk, YTJN presents "Centering African Youth in Global Tax Governance," on youth engagement in the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.
Globally, #taxabuse drains $492B a year. That could hire 15M teachers and close Africa's education gap.
For decades, the #OECD wrote global tax rules. Africa was not in the room. Now YTJN has accreditation to help shape a fairer process.
At its core, the paper argues that global tax governance is not a narrow technical issue but a structural determinant of inequality, fiscal #sovereignty, and intergenerational justice.
#UNTaxConvention
Read: bit.ly/4ApIMBA
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#AfCoDDVI Recap.
Day 3 brought together voices from civil society, faith communities, human rights organisations, youth movements, and parliamentarians around one urgent question: How can Africa move from being a Rule Taker to a Rule Maker?
(i) Debt & austerity: Edwin Birech of @oxfamkenya , Veronicah Ndegwa of the @ipf_global, and @jon_kafuko of the Youth for Tax Justice Network (YTJN) examined Kenya’s debt and tax crisis, highlighting Oxfam Kenya’s finding that "KES 68 of every KES 100 in tax revenue goes to debt repayment". The call was clear: the #CAPonDEBT must be operationalised nationally to help reverse austerity.
(ii) 25 years of debt justice: Moderated by @africakiiza, of @christian_aid, faith leaders and economic justice advocates reflected on the legacy of 'Jubilee 2000' and how the faith movement can help turn the #CAPonDEBT into action.
(iii) Tax, human rights & civic space: Riva Jalipa of @amnesty moderated a powerful conversation with Dr. David Ngira, Juliet Wanjiru and Annet Nerima on new research connecting regressive tax policies with the youth-led protests unfolding across Kenya and other countries.
(iv) Africa as a Rule Maker: The day closed with @TidzaMutazu of AFRODAD moderating a panel of debt justice advocates, civil society leaders and parliamentarians. The discussion reaffirmed the '2021 Harare Declaration' and its call for Africa to shape the rules that govern its economic future.
The message throughout the day was unmistakable: Debt justice, faith-rooted advocacy, human rights and continental self-determination are not separate struggles; they are interconnected, and they require collective action.
#AfricaRuleMaker #AFRODADat30 @TISAKenya @OkoaUchumi_KE @TIKenya
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#AfCoDDVI. Moderated by Annet Nerima of the Kenya Human Rights Commission, the panel brings together Beverly Musili of OXFAM Kenya, Veronicah Ndegwa of the Institute of Public Finance, and John Kafuko of the Youth for Tax Justice Network. Each speaks from a slightly different angle, human rights, public finance transparency, and youth-led tax advocacy, but all converge on the same conclusion: austerity driven by servicing expensive debt is not an abstract macroeconomic outcome, it shows up directly in underfunded health & education services, as well as in people’s poor living conditions. #StopTheBleeding #CAPonDEBT
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#AfCoDDVI Side Session
Theme: From Commitment to Accountability: Citizen-Led Monitoring of Africa’s Common Position on Debt
Moderator: @jon_kafuko, YTJN Programs Manager
Panelists
1⃣Hon. Dumelang Saleshando (@DumsSaleshando), Member of Parliament, Maun North, Botswana
2⃣@Kahangire_Penny , Program Associate, Centre for Economic and Social Rights
3⃣Gladys Madara, Programme Officer, TrustAfrica
4⃣Hon. Senator @OkiyaOmtatah, Member of Parliament and Senator for Busia County, Republic of Kenya.
5⃣Samuel Muguchia Muchiri - Deputy Director of Audit in Charge of the Public Debt Audit Directorate at the Office of the Auditor-General
🗓️: 27 August 2026
⏰: 11 am EAT
Follow online: o2o.to/i/FPIbHg
#AfricaRuleMaker #StopTheBleeding #Youth4TaxJustice
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I am honoured to be participating as one of the speakers at the 6th African Conference on Debt and Development, taking place under the theme:
“𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘁.”
As a parliamentarian, my focus is on the urgent need to move from debt management to economic transformation; from fragmentation to collective influence; and from dependency to greater African economic sovereignty. I will also speak to the responsibility of African governments and parliaments. We must demand transparency and accountability in public borrowing, ensure that debt finances productive investment, and make certain that the burden of today's borrowing does not become tomorrow's burden on our children.
As Chairperson of the SADC PF TIFI Committee, and through the other interparliamentary platforms on which I serve, I remain committed to using these spaces to advance stronger African cooperation, greater accountability and meaningful implementation of the Common African Position on Debt.
Our continent cannot continue to be a rule-taker in a global financial system that profoundly shapes our development prospects. We must move towards becoming a rule-maker — strengthening our institutions, mobilising resources domestically, reforming the global financial architecture, and building the collective bargaining power necessary to secure fairer and more sustainable financing for development. I look forward to contributing to what promises to be an important and consequential conversation about the Africa we want — and, more importantly, the Africa we must build. The participation of young people in this forum is inspiring. I am grateful to the organisers and partners for supporting my participation, which comes at no cost to the public purse.
#debtanddevelopment
#panafricanism
#EconomicSovereignty
#AskDumelang
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Prof. Jean-Emmanuel Pondi, Professor, Centre for African Studies and former Secretary-General of the University of Yaoundé I, opened Day 2 of #AfCoDDIV with a keynote address and put a number on what it costs to be Africa:
💵74.5 billion dollars a year. 28 billion in excess interest. 46 billion in financing that never shows up.
Prof. Pondi named the pattern behind it too. Deals getting struck behind closed doors, then citizens carrying the bill for decisions they never saw. As Prof. Pondi put it, "the benefit is negotiated in private, and the burden is nationalised in public."
He framed Africa's debt crisis not simply as an economic emergency but as a defining test of the continent's capacity to shape its own place in a shifting global order. Drawing on decades of engagement with African political thought. #AfricaRuleMaker #StopTheBleeding
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TrustAfrica is at AfCoDD VI and we are looking forward to being part of Session 12: From Commitment to Accountability – Citizen-Led Monitoring of Africa’s Common Position on Debt.
Together with Youth for Tax Justice Network and Transparency International Kenya, the session will explore how citizens, young people and civil society can help move the Common African Position on Debt from commitment to implementation and accountability.
📍 AfCoDD Room 4 – Chui
🔗 Virtual participation available via Zoom : o2o.to/i/FPIbHg
#AfCoDDVI
#CAPonDebt
#AfricaRuleMaker
##StopTheBleeding – at Accra, Ghana
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📍 Nairobi, Kenya
Hello #AfCoDDVI
We'll be especially happy to see you tomorrow.
YTJN has teamed up with Transparency International Kenya (@TIKenya) and @TrustAfrica for a side session titled "From Commitment to Accountability: Citizen-Led Monitoring of Africa's Common Position on Debt."
We appreciate that the Common African Position on #Debt gives #Africa a framework for #debtjustice. Now citizens need tools to monitor it. This session builds those tools.
Be ready to hear from this distinguished lineup of panelists to set the ball rolling for the discussion
1⃣Hon. Dumelang Saleshando (@DumsSaleshando), Member of Parliament, Maun North, Botswana
2⃣Peninah Mbabazi, Program Associate, Centre for Economic and Social Rights
3⃣Gladys Madara, Programme Officer, TrustAfrica
4⃣Titus Gitonga, Programs Coordinator - Public Finance Management, TI Kenya
Moderator: @jon_kafuko, Programs Manager (YTJN)
🗓️: 27 August 2026
⏰: 11 am EAT
Online participation: o2o.to/i/FPIbHg
#AfricaRuleMaker #StopTheBleeding #Youth4TaxJustice
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During the "Opa Kapijimpanga Lecture" to set the tone for #AfCoDDVI, Prof. Hormn Chitonge called on Africans to assert their power to win economic sovereignty and political sovereignty with it.
Real sovereignty means control over your resources, your money, your production, and your food and energy supply. Without that control, political independence stays on paper.
We must close every gap that keeps Africa dependent. Strengthen economic sovereignty, and national sovereignty follows. #StopTheBleeding #AfricaRuleMaker
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📍 Nairobi, Kenya | 26–28 August 2026.
From Commitment to Accountability: Citizen-Led Monitoring of Africa's Common Position on Debt
YTJN joins Transparency International Kenya and TrustAfrica for a side session at the 6th Edition of the African Conference on Debt and Development. #AfCoDDVI
The Common African Position on #Debt gives #Africa a framework for debt justice. Now citizens need tools to monitor it. This session builds those tools.
The session will cover:
✅Debt cycle #transparency and public debt audits
✅Procurement, oversight, and beneficial ownership
✅Illicit financial flows #IFFs
✅Youth-led monitoring and civic mobilization
Expect an interactive panel, open audience engagement, and a hands-on #accountability exercise. Together we will draft a Citizen Accountability Agenda for the Common African Position on Debt.
🗓️: 27 August 2026
⏰: 11 am EAT
Register for online participation: o2o.to/i/FPIbHg
