Ethiopia

Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 9th - 10th October 2017 - The Commissioner for Human Resources Science and Technology, H.E. Prof. Sarah Anyang Agbor made a keynote speech at the Periperi U Annual Consultative Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction that was held on 10th October 2017in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

Addis Ababa, 7 October 2017: The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, welcomes the awarding of the 2017 Nobel Prize for Peace to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). He congratulates ICAN, and expresses AU's profound appreciation for its decade-long advocacy for the total elimination of nuclear arms. This award is a timely encouragement to all those who toil to achieve the aspiration for the elimination, from national armaments, of atomic weapons and all other major weapons adaptable to mass destruction.

Addis Ababa, 9 October 2016 –The Ministerial segment of the second Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment opened 5th October 2017 at the AUC Headquarters.

On this World Teachers Day, we are honoured to express our deep appreciation to every teacher in Africa and to thank them for their wonderful work of service to the continent’s future. Dear Teachers, if indeed Education is the most important instrument for harnessing Africa’s human potential, you Teachers are the key to operationalizing that instrument. The Teacher is key to ensuring that our youthful population develop the skills, knowledge, attitudes, values and competences required for achieving Africa’s Agenda 2063- a peaceful, prosperous and integrated Africa.