Ethiopia

March 25, 2019 – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: The African Union Commission’s Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, H.E Amb. Josefa Sacko has been named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy 2019 by Apolitical, a peer-to-peer learning platform for governments for her efforts towards influencing climate policy on the continent.

Amb. Sacko was named among the top 20 on the listing announced in London.

Addis Ababa, 19 March 2019: In line with the 2007 African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) which urges African Union Member States to “strengthen political institutions to entrench a culture of democracy and peace,” (art.12.2) and building on the Aspirations 3 and 4 of the African Union Agenda 2063, “The Africa we want”, which envision “an Africa of good governance, democracy, respect for human rights, justice and rule of law” as well as “a peaceful and secure Africa”, the African Union Commission is scaling up its engagement with political parties in all the 55 Membe

March 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Corruption in Africa is robbing children of their right to a meaningful productive life, a new study shows. The study captures the sentiments of 33,000 children from around the continent, who expressed fear that the rising corruption is severely affecting their access to education and health. It cites informal payments in the form of outright bribes, gratitude payments or off-the-books fees, as one of the biggest forms of corruption affecting service provision for children in the education and health sectors.