Ethiopia

Dear Colleagues,

As we mark the end of the year 2020, we also mark the end of one of the most extraordinary and challenging years in living memory. From the first recorded case of Covid-19 on the Continent on 14 February 2020, Member States through a coordinated Continental strategy, have shown singular resilience.

But the pandemic has shown similar resilience, proving that the challenging task of protecting our health and livelihoods, while ensuring recovery of our economies, still lies ahead as we begin a new year.

18 December 2020, Addis Ababa: It is with deep emotion that the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E Moussa Faki Mahamat, learnt about the passing of former President Pierre Buyoya, that occurred yesterday in Paris.

The Chairperson of the Commission mourns the loss of a statesman who worked tirelessly for peace and with exceptional commitment both in his country and for the Continent as High Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Mali and the Sahel region, until last November.