East African Community destroys Weapons Memorial Day of Liberation

Core tip: The East African Community, headquartered in Arusha, Tanzania, 25th publicly destroyed 2,600 small arms and light Weapons in the Kagera province of north-west, in order to commemorate the "African Liberation Day" and the 2010 "Year of Peace and security in Africa" event.

Dar es Salaam, May 25, the East African Community, headquartered in Arusha, Tanzania, destroyed 2,600 small arms and light weapons in Kagera province in northwestern northwest on 25th, with the aim of commemorating the "Emancipation Day of Africa" and the "Year of peace and security in Africa" event in 2010.

The East African Community, comprising Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi, had previously issued a statement saying that the members of the East African community were in the open for the destruction of small arms and light weapons in order to ensure security, stability and political solidarity in eastern Africa.

The statement quoted by Biatris Chiraso, Deputy Secretary-General for Political Union Affairs of the East African Community, said that the destruction of weapons demonstrated the continuing commitment of African countries to promoting long-term peace, security and stability on the continent. This is particularly important for the East African Community, which aims at the eventual establishment of the East African National Political Federation.

It is reported that the East African community has destroyed 12,000 small arms and 5 tons of explosives successively. In April this year, the East African Community held similar activities in the Burundian capital, Bujumbura.

May 25, 1963, 31 African Independent Countries in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa held a summit meeting, the Conference adopted the "Organization of African Unity Charter", decided to establish the Organization of African Unity (AU predecessor), and set May 25 as the "African Liberation Day", referred to as "Africa Day". For nearly half a century, "Africa Day" has become a symbol of African peoples ' struggle for independence, freedom, progress and development. The Libyan summit of the African Union held in August 2009 declared the 2010 "The Year of peace and security in Africa".