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Addis Ababa, 20 June 2016: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, welcomes the announcement of a unilateral cessation of hostilities by the President of Sudan, Omar el- Bashir, in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan States for a period of 4 months, starting from Saturday 18 June 2016.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 17 June 2016 – The Editor-in-Chief of the Book of African Records (BAR), Amb. Kwame Tapiwa Muzawazi, on Tuesday 14 June 2016, presented an unprecedented publication entitled, “The Book of African Records” to the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson. H.E Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, in which she is on record as first Woman to lead the continental organization, since its creation in 1963 as the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and now the AU.

Addis Ababa, 17 June 2016: Yesterday 16 June 2016, The African Union (AU) Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), H.E. Mme Bineta Diop, joined the refugee community at the Jewi Refugee Camp in Gambella, Ethiopia, to commemorate the twenty-sixth (26th) edition of the Day of the African Child, under the theme, "Conflict and Crisis in Africa: Protecting all Children's Rights”, and to show support to refugees, trapped in circumstances they neither understand nor contributed to create.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 13 June 2016: The five day meeting of the 2nd Specialized Technical Committee Meeting on Youth, Culture, Sports commenced today with the experts meeting at the African Union Commission (AUC) under the theme “African Year of Human Rights: “Promoting Ethics and Cultural Diversity as an Essential Right for the people of Africa” The theme of the STC-YCS2 is in line with the overall theme of the Union for 2016 which is: “African Year of Human Rights, with Particular Focus on the Rights of Women.”