Global Solidarity Concludes African Union Simulation Model for STEM Students

Cairo, Egypt – August 2025

The Global Solidarity Network has concluded its African Union Simulation Model for STEM school students, held under the theme “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparations”. The theme echoed the African Union’s official agenda at its February 2025 summit.

The month-long program featured academic sessions, workshops, and policy paper writing, with contributions from diplomats, African affairs researchers, AU officials, and staff from research centers. The initiative aimed to prepare students to conduct a mock African Union Summit, reflecting real-world issues of governance and diplomacy.

Key sessions covered a broad range of topics, including the institutional structure of the AU, water cooperation, Egypt’s developmental role in Africa, the African economy, AU legal frameworks, and AU resolutions on reparations. Other discussions addressed the AU’s political role in peace and conflict resolution, alongside models of AU institutions.

The program concluded with a practical simulation at the Palace of Ali Ibrahim Pasha, supervised by anthropological researcher Hassan Ghazaly, founder of the Global Solidarity Network. Students represented 30 African countries and eight colonial states, producing 38 position papers. African representatives called for recognition of historical injustices, psychological reparations, rewriting African history, and acknowledgment of massacres, resource plundering, and the transatlantic slave trade.

Ghazaly described the initiative as a milestone in youth empowerment:

 “Preparing a young generation that is conscious of Africa’s challenges and capable of representing it with competence is a true investment in the continent’s future…a reflection of Egypt’s vision to support the building of African capacities.”

Since its inception in 2012, the African Union Simulation Model has aimed to raise awareness among Egyptian youth about AU institutions and highlight Egypt’s role in continental affairs since 1963.

The African Union Simulation Model is part of the Global Solidarity Network, which also runs initiatives such as the AfroMedia Initiative, Seeds Project for Popular Culture, Global South Solidarity School, and the Nile Valley Peoples’ Solidarity Project. Each seeks to foster dialogue, joint action, and cultural exchange across the Global South.