Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, October 9, 2017 - The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate effective coordination to catalyse the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)-Malabo Declaration commitments for accelerated agricultural transformation in Africa.

Addis Ababa, 5 October 2017- The annual bilateral consultations on the development Cooperation between the African Union (AU) and Government of the Federal Republic of Germany have been successfully concluded. The focus of this year’s agreement is on further cooperation in job creation through enhancement of technical and vocational skills and entrepreneurship, which is in line with the AU theme of the year, “Harnessing the demographic dividend through investments in the youth”.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 02 October 2017. The African Union Commission is organizing the Seventh Meeting of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) Negotiating Forum (CFTA-NF) from 02-07 October 2017 in Ethiopia. The Objective of the meeting is to consider the draft Texts of the CFTA Agreement and its Annexes and Appendices proposed by the Technical Working Groups (TWGs). Furthermore, the Chief Negotiators will discuss criteria for designating sensitive products and exclusion list in the modalities for tariff liberalization.