News Release

[Issued By The All-Africa Students Union - AASU]


AASU WISHES ALL STUDENTS OF THE CONTINENT A HAPPY 2017 WE HAVE GREAT
EXPECTATIONS!


Released: 01 Jan 2017


On the occasion of the dawn of the 17th year of the 21st century, the Union wishes to
extend its best wishes to you. Wishing for you all a happy and blessed new year with
the hope that we will have many great fortunes in the year to come full of love, good
health, prosperity, success in our endeavors  hope and peace in Africa. May the
almighty God continue to guide and protect Africa and the leaders of Africa.


The past year has undoubtedly seen a lot of successes as well as challenges. In
2016, we have contributed enormously to policy aimed at improving quality and access
to education on the African Continent, we have campaigned fiercely against
dictatorial regimes, we have resisted oppression against students in all its forms,
we have campaigned vehemently against human rights abuses notable among them being
the wrongful incarceration of the President of the Liberia Students Union (LINSU),
Mr. Varney Jarsey. The lack of adherence to proper legal means in putting him and
keeping him behind bars is repugnant and deserves condemnation in no uncertain terms;
we will continue to fight to ensure that his human rights are not further trampled
upon beyond what has already occurred.

A just recent success is that, the Union held successful elections in our 12th
Elective Congress held in Khartoum, Sudan. Its a great opportunity also to extend the
gratitude of the students of the Continent to the immediate past Executives for
diligently serving the students of the Continent in what seems a thankless task.


The new leadership, with a renewed commitment, will work assiduously towards the
betterment of education on the Continent and other related concerns on our beloved
continent. Our advocacy will be focused and collaborative with our stakeholders. As
we are in a New Year, we wish ourselves nothing short of success in our numerous
endeavours geared towards improving education, democratic governance and the
advancement of Human Rights, Technology and Innovation.


In 2017, AASU will continue to reposition and affirm itself as the foremost and
viable continental student movement. We will be looking forward to increase
stakeholder partnerships, particularly with civil society; we will also strengthen
our working relations with the agencies of the African Union (AU) and its
Sub-Regional Blocs, and the United Nations (UN) and its component institutions; we
will further strive to make collaborations with sister student movements more
effective to ensure that AASUs ability and capacity to deliver on its mandate to the
students of Africa will realized.

We appreciate the efforts of all stakeholders and especially the Governments of Ghana
and Sudan for supporting the Union and look forward with optimism to forging and
welcoming new partners in this year.

Have a joyous New Year, comrade leaders of Africa. A new year is like a blank book,
and the pen is in your hands - it is your chance to write a beautiful story for
yourself and for Africa, so let's make the best use of our time and resources to
make Africa the Continent we would love to see today and tomorrow.


Signed,


H.E PETER KWASI KODJIE

11th Secretary General (Head of Mission)

All-Africa Students Union (AASU)

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