Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, December 12 2018- The African Union (AU) Commission Women, Gender and Development Directorate, in collaboration with the Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (SOAWR), the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is holding a High-Level Consultation meeting (12-13 December 2018) to accelerate the ratification, domestication and implementation of the Maputo Protocol and Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the Maputo Protocol on 14 December, 2018.

Addis Ababa, 13 December 2018 – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat, received the credentials of H.E. Mr. Roland Hauser, incoming Ambassador of Austria, at the AU Commission Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Prior to his posting to Addis Abeba, Ambassador Hauser served in Bulgaria. His previous tours of duty include Kenya from 2005 to 2009 with regional responsibility for 10 African countries, and Kuwait and Qatar.

21 to 22 November 2018, AUC Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Following the meeting of the PAU Strategic Planning Committee held on 5 September 2018 aiming at discussing on and providing inputs to further develop the Pan African University, a validation workshop was organized in order to adopt the PAU guiding policy for the next years.

African Union Headquarters; December 7, 2018: The African Union Commission has reaffirmed its full support to the African Union Administrative Tribunal in its primary function of adjudicating disputes between staff members and their employer, the Union.

H.E. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs when she welcomed H.E. Barnabe Z. Dassigi, Minister of Decentralization and Local Governance of the Republic of Benin, and Chairperson of the STC 8 in her office on Wednesday, December 5, 2018.