Media advisory note for the 31st AU Summit
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Undergraduate students from the University of British Columbia visit the African Union for a Study Trip
May 21, 2018
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Addis Ababa, 21 May 2018: A delegation of students from the Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada, on 18 May 2018, visited the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The students, led by Dr. Katharina P. Coleman, Associate Professor in Political Science, University of British Columbia, were on a study trip to the AU headquarters to learn more about the activities of the Union, as part of a course on “African Security from African Perspectives”.
Celebration of Africa Day- New York: 11th Annual Gala Celebrated Milestones and Mandela 100: More than 500 guests celebrated Africa Day 2018 at the Manhattan Center Main Stage ballroom in New York
May 25, 2018
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New York, 25 May 2018 - The AU Permanent Observer Mission to the UN, the African Group of Ambassadors, and the African Ambassadors Spouses Group in partnership with the Universal Peace Federation hosted dignitaries, the African diaspora, and guests to a gala night in celebration of Africa Day 2018 at the Manhattan Center, New York on May 25, 2018.
Rwanda deposits its ratification instruments of the Agreement on the Continental Free Trade Area and the Protocol on Free Movement of Persons and the African Passport
May 27, 2018
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Addis Ababa, 26 May 2018: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, today received from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Rwanda, Louise Mushikiwabo, the instruments of ratification of the Agreement on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Protocol on Free Movement of Persons and the African Passport. Rwanda is the third member state to ratify the AfCFTA, after Ghana and Kenya, and the first to do so as far as the Protocol on Free Movement of Persons and the African Passport is concerned.
Africa Day - 25 May
May 25, 2018
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MEDIA ADVISORY
CELEBRATION OF AFRICA DAY ON 25 MAY 2018, AT THE AFRICAN UNION HEADQUARTERS
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
WHAT: Celebration of Africa Day observed every 25 May
WHEN: Friday, 25 May 2018
Time: 11:00am
WHERE: African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa (Nelson Mandela Hall, NCC)
WHO: Organized by the African Union Commission (AUC)
Event Programme:
Watch: Celebration of Africa Day on 25 May 2018, at the African Union Headquarters
Message by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on the occasion of Africa Day on the theme “Winning the Fight against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation”, 25 May 2018, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fellow Africans,
My Dear Sisters and Brothers on the Motherland
and in the African Diaspora,
It gives me great pleasure to greet you on this auspicious day, as together we commemorate the fifty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of African Unity, now the African Union, and pay tribute to the Founding Fathers and to those who, in the dawn of the 20th century, initiated this remarkable pan-African journey.
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May 25, 2018
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The Chairperson of the Commission Receives the Letter of Credence of the New Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the AU
May 18, 2018
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Addis Abeba, 18 May 2018 – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat received the letters of credence of H.E. Mr. Mohamed Arrouchi, newly appointed by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, as the Permanent Representative of Morocco to the African Union.
A Consultation and Experience Sharing Workshop between the Sahel and the Horn of Africa on Peace-building and the Prevention of Violent Extremism through Education kicked off at the AU Headquarters
May 22, 2018
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 22, 2018: The Consultation and Experience Sharing Workshop between the Sahel and the Horn of Africa on Peace-building and the Prevention of Violent Extremism through Education kicked off today at the African Union Headquarters. The workshop is organized by the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with UNESCO-International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA).
H.E. Mr Manuel Jose, Ambassador of the Republic Of Mozambic Bids Farewell to H.E. Moussa Faki, Chairperson of the AU Commission.
May 19, 2018
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Addis Ababa, 19 May 2018 – After five years as the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Mozambique to the African Union, H.E. Mr. Manuel Jose bids farewell to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, on 19th May 2018 at the AU Headquarters.
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