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Paris, France - 5 December 2019: H.E. Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, attended from 3 to 5 December in Paris, France, the first meeting of the Global Commission for Urgent Action on Energy Efficiency, held back to back with the International Energy Agency (IEA) Ministerial Roundtable on Africa.

901st Meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council

November 2019: The African Union through the Citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO) convened a two-day workshop to review the draft African Diaspora Investment Fund (ADIF) framework. The ADIF is an African Union legacy project on Diaspora investment through innovative finance in Africa, and was adopted by AU Heads of State at the Global African Diaspora summit in 2012 in Midland, South Africa. https://au.int/en/documents/20120525-0

Cairo, Egypt: 1 December 2019: “The African Union Youth Volunteer Corp (AU-YVC) requires your full commitment and dedication. And it is not easy! But by keeping an open mind, resilience and pan African solidarity, you should be unstoppable.” These were the words of the African Union Commission’s Prudence Ngwenya, Head of Youth Division said at the opening ceremony of the African Union youth volunteers 10th cohort pre-deployment training hosted by the Government of Egypt.