Addis Ababa, February 15, 2026. For the seventeenth consecutive time, the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union approved a resolution condemning the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States government against Cuba, a policy that for more than six decades has profoundly affected the Cuban people and hindered their development.
The document adopted includes, for the third time, the African body's explicit call to remove the Caribbean nation from the unilateral and unjustified list of countries that allegedly sponsor terrorism, underscoring the arbitrary nature of such a designation.
African leaders also expressed concern about the worsening negative effects of the blockade, especially in the current context, when Cuba still faces significant economic and social challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. They also denounced the extraterritorial reach of this policy, including the application of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, which reinforces restrictions and extends their consequences beyond U.S. borders.
The resolution reaffirms, once again, the deep historical, political, and solidarity ties that unite the peoples of Africa and Cuba, and constitutes a clear expression of African support for the elimination of this policy, which they consider unfair, illegal, and contrary to the principles of international law and the sovereignty of states.
(Cuba-EmbaCubaEthiopia)