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2025 Theme of the Year: "2025 Year of Reparations: Justice for Africans & People of African Descent through Reparations.

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African Union Legacy Project on Diaspora Investment, Innovative Finance and Social Enterprise in Africa

In 2012 at the Global African Diaspora Summit (GADS) in South Africa, the African Union Heads of State and Government agreed to the creation of a diaspora investment fund, as a legacy project. In September 2018, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the German Agency for International Development (GIZ) commissioned GK Partners (GKP) ‘to establish the design and implementation framework for the African Diaspora Investment Fund in accordance with the Action Plan of the Global African Diaspora Summit’.

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The African Union Sub-Committee of Directors General of Customs addresses the role of Customs in the Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

September 21, 2019
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Kampala, Uganda – 21 September 2019. The Department of Trade and Industry of the African Union Commission (AUC) organized in partnership with Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), the 11th African Union Sub-Committee of Directors General of Customs Meeting from 16-20 September 2019 in Kampala, Uganda under the theme: “Entry into force of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) - Implications for African Customs administrations”.

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3rd Edition of the African Anti-Corruption Dialogue

October 07, 2019 to October 15, 2019
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Theme “Towards a Common African Position on Asset Recovery”

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Asset recovery is the process by which the proceeds of corruption and related offenses/crimes are identified, recovered and returned to the country of origin. It is therefore an important aspect of the anti-corruption chain as it ensures that stolen assets are seized and return to their legitimate owners.

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Joint Press Release: Third Auc-Nanhri Policy Forum On The State Of Human Rights In Africa

September 05, 2019
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 5 September 2019: More than 100 delegates drawn from African states’ ambassadors to the African Union and representatives of African National Human Rights Institutions, Civil Society Organizations and Development Partners are gathered in Addis Ababa for the Annual Policy Forum on the State of National Human Rights Institutions in Africa. The Forum is focusing on the theme durable and sustainable solutions to forced displacements in Africa. 

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Statement by the AU Commissioner for Political Affairs in commemoration of the International Day of Democracy

September 15, 2019
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Addis Ababa, 15 September 2019: This year, the world celebrates the International Day of Democracy under the theme “Participation”. On behalf of the African Union Commission, H.E. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs, welcomes this theme, which provides a golden opportunity to reaffirm the role of the people in the promotion and sustenance of democracy in the world and Africa in particular. 

Global Summit to Tackle Online Child Sexual Exploitation

December 11, 2019 to December 12, 2019
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Across the two-day event, delegates will be provided with the knowledge, tools and networks required to understand the nature and prevalence of online child sexual exploitation, and the means to implement a strategic global response

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African Union Commission rolls out a tool for evaluating African regional integration agenda

September 20, 2019
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Lusaka, Zambia, 20, September, 2019; For several decades, integration has been recognized as a critical component for the development of the African Continent. Article 3 of the Constitutive Act of the African Union (AU) sets out the key objectives, including, accelerating the political and socio-economic integration of the continent and promoting sustainable development at the economic, social and cultural levels as well as the integration of African economies.

Strategic partnership key to promote a culture of peace and non-violence

September 20, 2019
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Luanda, Angola 20 September 2019: The 1st Edition of the Pan African Forum for the Culture of Peace ‘Biennial of Luanda’ kicked off on 18 September 2019, in the presence of President Joao Manuel Goncaleves Lourenco, Republic of Angola; President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Republic of Mali and President Hage Gottfried Geingob, Republic of Namibia.

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