The two-day conference, to be held in Accra, would highlight the key achievements of the continent and capitalise on them to push Africa to greater heights. It would bring together participants from 50 countries in Africa, including leaders of the Alliance of Sahel States and the Caribbean. It would cover discussions on the continuation of national liberation struggle in Africa, consolidation of national independence, as well as the development of a framework for continental unity and advocacy for reparative justice. 

President John Dramani Mahama, the official African Union (AU) Champion on reparations, will speak at the conference as well as Ibrahim Traoré, President of Burkina Faso. 

Mr Kwasi Pratt Junior, Pan-Africanist, and member of the PPF Organising Committee, speaking at the press briefing, said the event would be a positive re-gathering of Africans to reassert their rights. “Africa cannot continue to be a spectator in the world theatre. We recall the voices of Africa who vibrated from the meetings of the 1945 Congress for national liberation, for the control of African resources by Africans, for the unity of the African people with all people all over the world fighting for a new and better world,” he stated. “We re-echo those voices and magnify them today in a shifting world where global power is rearranging the alliances, where currencies are tumbling, and where digital economies are reshaping value.” 

Mr Pratt called on African leaders to come together to give Africa a rebirth, making it take control of its resources and fight for a new and better world for its citizens. 

The conference would also be attended by some prominent African scholars and intellectuals such as Mr Ivan Djinn, the General Secretary of the Metal Workers’ Union of South Africa, Professor Akua Biritwum, Chairperson of the National Media Commission (NMC), Dr Gamal Nasser Adam, Former Vice President of the Islamic University. 

The two-day international conference would also highlight discussions on debt cancellation, the restitution of looted African artefacts, and the creation of a new economic model that places African development at the centre of global justice. The Fifth Pan African Congress first took place in Manchester, from 15-19 October 1945, where a decisive stand on colonialism and racism was taken, setting in motion the network for the independence struggles all over Africa.