The African Millennium celebration has been launched here on Saturday.

Representative of the Sudanese Ministry of Culture, Nesredin Shul Game and Head of the Egyptian Information and Press Council told ENA that the celebration of the Ethiopian Millennium as an African Millennium is the pride of all African countries.

They said Ethiopia contributed a lot for the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and African Union (AU).

The African Millennium celebration is unique in that it is celebrated on the same day with the celebration of the 45th founding anniversary of OAU.

They noted that Africans should further continue supporting each other in the new millennium.

Director General of the Ethiopian Millennium Festival National Secretariat, Seyoum Bereded said the celebration is special in that it is held in Addis, the hub of Africans.

He said as Ethiopia is the symbol of sovereignty for African nations, all Africans have colorfully celebrated the Ethiopian new Millennium.

Renowned artists from Egypt, Sudan and Somalia have staged music concerts as part of the celebration, which was attended by Ambassadors of various countries and Ethiopian senior government officials including Minister of Information, Berhan Hailu.

The celebration would continue on Sunday.

This article was innitially published at www.ena.gov.et

Keywords: ethiopia africa culture politics