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Movement Launch

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A Regional Initiative to Move Africa towards an Enlightenment Era is Launched in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, May 9, 2011 - A regional movement to promote a development approach that is based on individual transformation and responsibility, launched in Addis Ababa on 28-29 April, enters an active phase in countries across the region this week. National coordinators in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Togo, and Uganda are working to operationalize the action plan that will anchor the Movement in their communities.

The Africa Unbound Movement was launched at the end of a two-day inaugural symposium held at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN ECA) conference center in the presence of officials from major regional organizations, senior diplomats, civil society leaders, academicians and the media.

Magazine Launch

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Magazine Launch - Media Advisory

Addis Ababa, April 26, 2011 – The official launch of the newsmagazine, Africa Unbound, will take place in Addis Ababa on the margins of the inaugural symposium of the Africa Unbound Movement. The magazine will be a key platform for building and sustaining the movement, and one of a range of media tools for engaging Africans on the subject of individual and collective transformation.

The magazine launch will take place in the main Conference Hall of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on April 28, 2011 and under the auspicious of Dr. Jean Ping, Chairperson of the African Union.

2011 AU Symposium

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Africa Unbound: Harnessing Africa’s Creative Potential
Leaders Meet in Addis Ababa for an Inaugural Conference to Launch a Continental Movement for Change

Addis Ababa, April 22, 2011 – Leaders at all levels from across the continent and beyond will meet in Addis Ababa on April 28 and 29, 2011 for the inaugural symposium of Africa Unbound Inc.– an organization that seeks to change the course of history in Africa by unleashing the continent’s creative potential through a process of individual transformation.

“The Symposium will provide a forum for candid conversations about our internal barriers that continue to impede our growth and development,” said Africa Unbound Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Rahel Kassahun. “It will launch a movement of people who know that a new day is dawning and peace, prosperity and freedom can be realized in Africa.”

About AU

The following is an interview that our Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Rahel Kassahun, gave to IJNet (International Journalists Network) in December 2008 articulating the vision and purpose of Africa Unbound.

IJNet: What is the vision behind Africa Unbound? How does this publication differentiate itself from other publications about Africa and for Africans?

RK: The vision behind Africa Unbound is for each of us to recognize our individual responsibility for our personal development; and by extension, to assume the important role of contributors to our communities. When we incorporate civic responsibility into our daily lives and add value beyond the development of our family nucleus, reaching into community, nation, and world, we shift into our ultimate personal power - we make ourselves useful in ways beyond our imagination.