Ethiopia’s Prosperity Party takes lead of African initiative
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Fanamc
Ethiopia’s Prosperity Party was unanimously chosen to lead the African Political Parties Initiative, while Bikila Hurissa becomes its executive secretary. The appointments are intended to strengthen the institutional capacity of political parties and implement decisions from the second African Political Parties Summit, according to the party.
The Ethiopian Prosperity Party, the ruling party in Ethiopia, was unanimously elected to lead the African Political Parties Initiative (APPI) at the second African Political Parties Summit held in Addis Ababa. Bikila Hurissa, the party’s head of political affairs and public relations, was simultaneously appointed executive secretary of the initiative, according to an announcement by the Prosperity Party reported by Fanamc.
Bikila Hurissa is to head the APPI executive secretariat and coordinate the implementation of its decisions at continental level. The initiative seeks to strengthen the institutional capacity of African political parties and support their evolution into organisations capable of contributing to public policy-making, governance and economic development, according to the Prosperity Party.
The three-day summit enters its final day on 7 November, with African delegates gathered in Addis Ababa to examine the role of political parties in the continent’s political and economic future. The Addis Ababa Declaration is among the expected outcomes of the meeting, Fanamc reports.
