Ethiopia

In response to the unprecedented wave of climatic and geophysical hazards that have plagued the African continent throughout 2023, the African Union Commission (AUC) is rallying Member States, Regional Economic Communitie s (RECs), and partners to enhance resilience and preparedness. This call to action emerged during the recent event, Building Resilience after Cyclone Freddy, part of the AUC’s 'Fridays of the Commission' series, held at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 27 October 2023.

The Cyclone hit first Mozambique during the fourth week of February as it made a turn to Madagascar causing severe destruction in the town of Mananjary in Madagascar before it made a second landfall in Mozambique as it headed to Malawi.

The African Union Commission will convene the 14^th High-Level Retreat on the Promotion of Peace, Security and Stability in Africa under the theme, “Resetting Preventive Diplomacy and Mediation for the 21st Century in Africa” in Cairo, Egypt, from the 17^th to the 18^th of October 2023.