Accra, March 12 (RHC) -– The Eighth Pan-African Congress ended in Accra on Wednesday, with the adoption of several resolutions, including one demanding the complete removal of the 53-year old U.S. economic blockade against Cuba.

The Congress also called on the African Union to ensure the independence of the Sahrawi people from Moroccan colonial rule.

"Participants at the Congress condemned the violence and discrimination perpetrated against people of African descent anywhere in the world, expressing their solidarity to the 'Black Lives Matter' campaign in the United States."

The statement also condemned unchecked violence being perpetrated by extremist groups such as Boko Haram, Al Shabaab, ISIS, Al Qaida, Lord's Resistance Army and the Janjaweed against African people. The Congress called for an African Union to stabilize countries that had been affected by foreign invasions or internal conflicts such as Libya.

The Congress was attended by more than 250 participants from countries across Africa and the Diaspora.