Kenya

Nairobi, 13 June 2017: International partners have made financial pledges in support of humanitarian response efforts in the drought-hit Horn of Africa after a visit to Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya.

A delegation led by the African Union and the United Nations concluded a six day visit to the Horn of Africa in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday, after visiting drought-affected communities in Ethiopia and Somalia. It included representatives from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the African Development Bank, the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and the World Bank.

Nairobi, Kenya – 24 April 2017. The African Union Commission is organizing the Second Meeting of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) Technical Working Groups from 24 April to 5 May 2017 in Nairobi. The objectives of the Meeting are amongst others, to provide inputs to the relevant annexes and appendices of the draft CFTA Agreement for the Negotiating Forum’s consideration. It is also to provide the experts with an overview of the draft legal text and appendices which will be used as inputs to the negotiations.

Nairobi, Kenya, 29th November 2016:  Under the process of implementing the Malabo Declaration agricultural transformation in Africa, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency (NPCA) have been tasked to lead the establishment of the Biennial Review (BR) Mechanism for regular country progress reporting to the AU Assembly.

Nairobi, Kenya; November 23, 2016- The technical workshop for the validation of the draft Geographic Indications Policy Framework in Africa by the AUC’s Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture (DREA) opened yesterday in Nairobi.