The World Federation of Democratic Youth would like to congratulate the African people on the occasion of the Africa day on Monday 25, 2009. On Monday people across the continent celebrate the 46th anniversary of the African Union, the then Organization of African Unity formed mainly to liberate the continent from colonization.

We would not forget to applaud the leaders of the then Organization of African Union who lead the struggles, fought and suffered to ensure that Africa becomes sovereign continent.

We applaud the leadership of the African continent for realizing the need for the involvement of youth as seen by the formation of The African Youth Charter that enables youth empowerment, provision of educational skills for development poverty eradication and economic emancipation among other needs. The challenge now for the current Heads of state of African Nations and the African peoples is to continue with the struggle of economically empowering the young generations, resisting and fighting all forms of imperialism.

We stand in solidarity towards and support of the people and youth of Western Sahara in their struggle for the establishment of a free and independent state. We salute the youth and people of Malawi and South Africa for successfully holding their elections and the will of the people was peacefully respected without interventions from the imperialists who normally intervene to determine the result of the elections. We will continually stand behind the people of Zimbabwe in their struggle to economically empower themselves through the land reform program which must be irreversible. The reform provides a means of production for the indigenous people to fully control their own economy, against imperialistic sanctions and interventions. We have witnessed with great concern how our brothers and our sisters in the Democratic republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Ivory Coast and Benin have wrestled with internal conflicts and war, promoted by the imperialist interest to divide the peoples of Africa. We also highlight the need to provide relevant institutional and political support for the attainment of peace and development in Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea and call for the African Union and the peoples and youth of Africa to resist and denounce the creation of the U.S Military base in Africa (AFRICOM).

WFDY therefore calls upon our African brothers and sisters to continually denounce all imperialistic tactics and ensure that the gains of the political struggles are non-reversible.

We wish all the African youth a strong commemoration of the Africa Day and the struggle against imperialism continues.