{{short description|Political party in Nigeria}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox political party | name = African Action Congress | logo = | logo_alt = | colorcode = #6F4E37 <!-- HTML color code (e.g. "red", "#FF0000" or Party metadata color template) otherwise "transparent" --> | leader = Omoyele Sowore | president = | general_secretary = | first_secretary = | secretary_general = | presidium = | standing_committee = | secretary = Ina Okopi-Aqu | spokesperson = Adeyeye Olorunfemi | founder = Omoyele Sowore | founded = {{start date|2018|08|15}} | headquarters = Office 011, Bolingo Hotel & Towers, (Office Block), Plot 777Independent Avenue, beside American Embassy, Central Business Direct, Abuja. | ideology = Pan-Africanism<br/>Anti-imperialism<br/>Eco-socialism<ref>{{cite web|title=African Action Congress - Building the Nigeria We Dream Of|url=https://aacparty.com/about|website=aacparty.com|access-date=20 October 2025}}</ref><br/>Anti-capitalism<ref>{{cite web|title=A People's Manifesto for Total Liberation: The AAC Program for Revolutionary Transformation of Nigeria, 2022|url=https://aacparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/AAC-Manifesto-2023.pdf|website=African Action Congress|access-date=19 October 2023|date=2022}}</ref> | position = Left-wing | national = Coalition for Revolution (CORE) | international = Progressive International (via the Coalition for Revolution (CORE))<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://progressive.international/members/641decce-e49d-4c19-a7d4-cb26350cea9a-coalition-for-revolution-core/en|title=Coalition for Revolution (CORE)|website=Progressive International}}</ref> | website = {{URL|https://aacparty.org/}} | country = Nigeria }} '''African Action Congress''' (AAC) is a left-wing, Nigerian political party founded in 2018, by Omoyele Sowore, the founder and publisher of Sahara Reporters.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-08-16 |title=Sowore unveils new party |url=https://dailytrust.com/sowore-unveils-new-party-266007/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |newspaper=Daily Trust|language=en-US}}</ref>
The slogan of the party is: Take it back. The party's National Chairman recognized by INEC is Omoyele Sowore.<ref>{{cite web|title=African Action Congress – INEC Nigeria|url=https://www.inecnigeria.org/party/african-action-congress/|website=inecnigeria.org|publisher=Independent National Electoral Commission|access-date=11 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/280140-sowore-support-group-registers-political-party.html|title=Sowore support group registers political party|date=14 August 2018|newspaper=Premium Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://saharareporters.com/2018/08/14/sowore-contest-presidential-election-platform-african-action-congress|location=New York City, United States|title=Sowore To Contest Presidential Election On The Platform of African Action Congress|first=|date=14 August 2018|newspaper=Sahara Reporters}}</ref> On Monday 13 May 2019, AAC announced expulsion of Leonard Nzenwa and suspension of other individuals for financial impropriety and anti-party activities.<ref>{{Cite news |title=AAC expels Nzenwa from party |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/08/aac-expels-nzenwa-from-party/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=July 6, 2024 |newspaper=Vanguard}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Nigerian political parties}} Category:2018 establishments in Nigeria Category:Anti-imperialism in Africa Category:Anti-imperialist organizations Category:Eco-socialist parties Category:Pan-Africanism in Nigeria Category:Pan-Africanist political parties in Africa Category:Political parties established in 2018 Category:Political parties in Nigeria Category:Progressive International Category:Progressive parties Category:Socialist parties in Nigeria {{Nigeria-party-stub}}