Greetings from Addis Ababa, the diplomatic capital of Africa and the seat of the African Union. And I am Dr. Destamegu, the liaison for the diaspora of Africa Forum to the African Union. We're so thankful today and only wish we could be there in Accra as the flag for the sixth region of Africa is hoisted into the air next to the flag of the African Union, the flag of Ghana, and of course our flag, the diaspora of Africa Forum. We've long awaited this symbolic representation and important notion that we are indeed the sixth region of Africa and that Africans at home and abroad can be proud today as we gather to hoist this incredible flag that represents us, that includes us. So as we continue to work towards our reintegration, repatriation, and re-envolving with the continent, we say yebo, we say gif thanks, we say amasegna luh for this incredible day in history, the launching of the flag of the sixth region of Africa. Africa is still growing. Africans are connecting to each other. Africans around the world are getting to realize how powerful they are when they come together. Thank you very much for checking me out. This is Elkko Simpson. I appreciate you being part of my YouTube channel. Today being on the second February 2022, I want to announce to you that the official flag for the African diaspora, which is the sixth region in AU or Africa, has been on list. Beautiful. So this event happened in Accra today and I was like yo, I think we're getting somewhere. So I'm going to show you a snippet of what really happened today at the unveiling of the African diaspora flag, which represents the sixth region in the AU African Union. Peace. Beautiful event happening here in Ghana 2022. I am praying that we see a lot of collaborations with Africans in and outside the Madeline. I mean today on the second of February 2022, there's been a beautiful event which I already made mention, you know, unveiling of the sixth region in the AU, the African diaspora flag. You know, within the African Union, there are already five regions, which is the North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, South Africa, Central Africa, and now the sixth one will constitute the African diaspora, you know, learning from schools, learning from books and speaking to other African, it's good to be connected with these African diaspora because honestly, me personally, I have learned a lot from speaking or engaging with the African diaspora because they are in the West and the development that has gone on in the West compared to Africa, we are also climbing up a little bit. So my engagement with the African diaspora to be honest with you, I will say it has really changed the way I think, the way I do things, especially with my time. And other thing that I've also learned from working with the diaspora is giving feedback within a certain time frame. Yes, you know, the African sentence is like, okay, I will do it. So far as he would take a year to do it, he has done it. But dealing with the diaspora, I'm learning that, no, echo, when you ask to do this, you are expected to give a feedback around that same time, all the time, that has been a time frame, that has been giving you, you understand. So and talking about development, there are a lot of things I am, you know, I'm backing on with a lot of diaspora, and they'd be like, echo, I think if we should do this, you know, most of the African diaspora understand the African system. So they come or they approach things with what a different mentality that echo. I think when we do it this way, I think it will help because we have done it. And this is how it is being done. So I think we should do it this way, that way, which way. And I think if all of us make up our mind to learn ethno too from each other, I think it will be it will be a great deal for us to, you know, say that yes, Africans can economically, culturally, politically come together with the support of the diaspora, we can come together and build Africa. Yes, so this beautiful event that happened in Accra took place in Du Bois Center. Du Bois Center is one of the tourist sites, one can visit to learn about W-E-B-D boys. Africa is divided, I mean the African region is divided into six regions with the African diaspora being the sit one. Now, there's nothing part of Africa, consists of seven countries, talk about Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, the Harry, Arab Emirates and Tunisia. But if you realize those are the top really have fair skin more than the other African countries. Now, come to the South, the Southern Africa constitute ten countries, Angola, Botswana, Liso, Tomalawi, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa, Switzerland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. And these are some of the countries that I would love to visit this year in the South. Now, come to my own region, the western region of Ghana. I think we have the most countries. Yes, we have 15 countries, Benin which I've been there, Bokina Faso, Cape Verde, Cape Verde, Lacodivoia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Liberia, Malin, Nigeria, Nigeria, New Jersey, Senegal, Cerellion and Togu which I have also been. Now, come to the eastern part of Africa, we have 14 countries closer to the west. So, that is Komoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Ceșel, Somaless, Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. So, Africa is beautiful. I mean, I love the names though, but you know, history tells me that Africa was just one country, but then the colonial masters came in and divided us. Now, let's go to the central part of Africa, which has nine countries. Talk about Burundi, Cameroon Central, African Republic, Chard, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, a Cretoria, Guinea, Gabon, South, Tome and Prince of Pei. Yes, now, the sit one which we are talking about right now, which we are happy to have seen or to have unveiled the flag to represent is the African diaspora, and it has over 170 million people, 170 million people around the world. Now, people of African region living outside a continent irrespective of their citizenship and nationality and who are willing to contribute to the development of the continent and building of the African Union is the African diaspora.