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Addis Ababa, November 2025 – The Organisation of Southern Cooperation (OSC) participated in Africa Celebrates 2025, a Pan-African event dedicated to promoting unity in diversity by showcasing Africa’s art, culture, heritage, tourism, innovation, technology, and business as drivers of economic, socia…

The OSC held a fruitful meeting at its headquarters with The YADAM Foundation, an Ethiopian organisation committed to child well-being, represented by Dr. Kirubel Chanyalew Adal, Project Officer, and Mr. Senay Getachew, Programme Manager. Representing the OSC was Prof. Hirut Woldemariam, Under-Secre…

Secretary-General Manssour Bin Mussallam held a fruitful meeting with Dr. Rita Bissoonauth, Director of the UNESCO Liaison Office to the African Union (AU), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and Representative to Ethiopia, accompanied by Mr. Ali Daou, Head of UNESCO’s Cultur…

Addis Ababa, 17 October 2025 – A high-level OSC delegation of the Organisation of Southern Cooperation, representing the Secretary-General (OSC), H.E. Manssour Bin Mussallam, took part in the 5th Pakistan–Africa Trade Development Conference, held from 16 to 18 October at Millennium Hall in Addis Aba…

Secretary-General Manssour Bin Mussallam held a cordial meeting with H.E. George M. Orina, Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya to Ethiopia, at the OSC Headquarters in Addis Ababa. During the exchange, th…

Recife, Brazil, 1st October 2025 – The Organisation of Southern Cooperation (OSC) took part in the XVIII General Assembly and XV International Seminar of the International Cooperation Group of Brazilian Universities (GCUB), held from 30 September to 3 October in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. The Secre…

Coffee, one of the most universal products on the planet, carries a paradox that is difficult to ignore: while its roots grow only in the soils of the Greater South —in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Arab world and Asia— the greatest economic value is captured in the North. In 2021, Eu…

Secretary-General Manssour Bin Mussallam received a courtesy call from H.E. Yeison Arcadio Meneses Copete, Ambassador of Colombia to Ethiopia, at the OSC Headquarters in Addis Ababa. The fruitful exchange explored avenues of cooperation between the OSC and Colombia…

24 September 2025, Guatemala - In Guatemala City, the Secretary-General of the Organisation of Southern Cooperation (OSC), Manssour Bin Mussallam, took part in the “VII Meeting on Cooperation and Internationalisation”, organised by the Union of Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean (UDUALC…

23 September 2025, Addis Ababa – Ending a months-long hiatus, Secretary-General H.E. Manssour Bin Mussallam has launched the second season of The Third Way – Live with the SG podcast, which airs Sundays at 4:30 PM East Africa Time. He spoke candidly about the turbulent global economy, citing widespr…