Metallica, Mariah Carey, Rosalía and the Jonas Brothers, among others, will meet in New York at the end of September for the Global Citizen Festival, a concert that aims to gather support for international aid against extreme poverty, particularly in Africa , the organizers announced Thursday.
The event, which celebrates its tenth anniversary, will be held in Central Park, the green lung of Manhattan, on September 24. A similar show will take place on the same day in Accra, Ghana, with Usher, SZA, Stormzy, HER, Sarkodie, Stonebwoy and Tems.
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said in a statement that he was “honoured” to host such a charity and philanthropy event: “We owe it to the next generation to live in a world free from poverty, disease and ‘ a deteriorated environment’… And “we must align our forces so that this has an impact in Africa”, hammered out the head of this state in the west of the continent.
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Ghana, faced with an inflation rate approaching 30% per month and a large debt, recently announced that it is seeking help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A decision that sparked outrage because President Nana Akufo-Addo had in the past promised a “hands-off Ghana” that would no longer depend on foreign support or the IMF.
The Global Citizen Festival has been taking place since 2012, when world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. Global Citizen distributes free tickets to people who, for example, commit to sending letters to their government in support of development aid.
Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas will host the event, which urges leaders and philanthropists to relieve debt, improve food access and invest in climate solutions.
“Decades of political and systemic failures have led humanity into rapidly deteriorating and converging crises: climate, hunger, health, war and conflict,” Global Citizen co-founder and CEO Hughes said in a statement. Evans. “The most marginalized populations are paying the price for the inaction of our leaders, and now millions of lives, as well as the future of our planet, are at stake.”
Source: BFM TV
