{"id":40110,"date":"2026-07-20T18:43:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=40110"},"modified":"2026-07-20T18:43:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:43:45","slug":"pap-opens-sitting-with-urgent-call-for-unity","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/pap-opens-sitting-with-urgent-call-for-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"PAP opens sitting with urgent call for unity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The First Vice President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), Dr Gayo Asherbiri, has issued a strong appeal for unity within the institution as delegates gather for a critical legislative session.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The call was made at the PAP headquarters in South Africa&#8217;s Midrand, Gauteng, where the institution is currently convening the First Sitting of the Permanent Committees of the Seventh Legislature.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Parliamentarians from across the continent have assembled to deliberate on major cross-cutting issues impacting the region. Key items on the legislative agenda include regional peace and security, as well as the African Union&#8217;s (AU) 2026 theme focusing on sustainable water availability and safe sanitation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As regional challenges mount, leadership highlights that a unified parliamentary front is essential to effectively driving the AU&#8217;s developmental and security goals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33383,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-40110","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Unity focus as Pan-African Parliament Opens seventh Legislature Committee Sittings","published_date":"2026-07-20 17:39:10","news_description":"Unity focus as Pan-African Parliament Opens seventh Legislature Committee Sittings","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40111,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40110\/revisions\/40111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=40110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}