Ethiopia, May 25 -- Addis Ababa, May 25, 2022 (Walta) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed made public the country's commitment to continental integration of Africa in his congratulatory message for the African Day.

"On this Africa day, we reaffirm the vision of continental unity and the commitment of our ancestors' towards a peaceful, integrated and prosperous future," said the Prime Minister in a twitter post.

Africa Day is an annual commemoration of the foundation of the Organization of African Unity in Addis Ababa on 25 May 1963.

The organization was transformed into the African Union on 9 July 2002 in Durban, South Africa, but the holiday continues to be celebrated on 25 May.

The First Congress of Independent African States was ...