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MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT/ 11th Extraordinary Session of the AU 5th - 18th November 2018, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia online Accreditation for Journalists Now Available
MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT/ 11th Extraordinary Session of the AU
5th - 18th November 2018, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
ONLINE ACCREDITATION FOR JOURNALISTS NOW AVAILABLE
The Directorate of Information and Communication (DIC) of the African Union Commission (AUC) hereby announces that the online media accreditation process for coverage of the 11th Extraordinary Session of the African Union, scheduled to take place from 5th to 18th November 2018, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has been launched on the AU website: www.au.int.
Visit of the Chairperson of the Commission to Nigeria
Addis Ababa, 31 October 2018: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, undertook a two-day official visit to Nigeria, from 25 to 27 October 2018. The visit is part of his regular consultations with member states, to advance the African Union agenda.
Statement By H.E. Mrs. Amira Elfadil The Commissioner for Social Affairs African Union Commission, Addis Ababa Ethiopia October 29-31 2018
The International Conference on
“Fall Armyworm Research-for-Development – Status and Priorities for Africa”
Statement By
H.E. Mrs. Amira Elfadil
The Commissioner for Social Affairs
African Union Commission, Addis Ababa Ethiopia
October 29-31 2018
Report: Rising Demand for Social Protection Across Africa Requires Careful Fiscal Balancing, Research
Press Release
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First conference of a new global research alliance to establish practical field solutions against Fall Armyworm Time to scale up fight against the voracious pest
Joint Media Advisory
First conference of a new global research alliance to establish practical field solutions against Fall Armyworm
Time to scale up fight against the voracious pest
Despite significant efforts to control the spread of the invasive Fall Armyworm (FAW), first detected in Africa in 2016, the pest keeps advancing to new areas in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.
African Union Commission and African E-Trade Group unleash the power of e-commerce in Africa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 19 October 2018 – A landmark memorandum of partnership was signed today at the Headquarters of the African Union Commission between the AUC, represented by the Commissioner for Trade and Industry, and the A-eTrade Group, represented by its CEO and Board Chairman, with the objective to boost intra African Trade using primarily, new information and communication technologies. The MoU was signed in the presence of H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, former Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia.
Statement of the Chairperson of the Commission on the election of Madam Sahle-Work Zewde as the new President of Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, 25 October 2018: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, welcomes the election, today, of Madam Sahle-Work Zewde as the new President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia by the Ethiopian parliament.
African Union Commission hands over the Fouta Djallon Highlands Programme to the ECOWAS Commission
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia- October 25, 2018- An official ceremony to mark the formal handing over of the AUC’s Fouta Djallon Highlands Programme to the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) took place yesterday.
Gender Parity and Youth Quota in Line With Agenda 2063
Addis Ababa, October 19 2018- “The implementation of the Africa Union Assembly Decision on Gender parity and Youth Quotas is here to stay and we are working hard to make sure that by 2025, 50 percent of the African Union workforce is made up of women and 35 percent are made up of the youth, so we are calling on you to make your suggestions or input known for additions to be made on the documents” said Mrs. Mahawa Kaba-Wheeler Director of the Women, Gender and Development (WGDD) in her opening address at the Gender parity and youth quota meeting held at the African Union HQ in Ethiopia.