Kenya

Nairobi, 6 March 2019: The Department of Political Affairs (DPA) of the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the East African Community (EAC) has convened a strategic meeting of senior officials of the EAC Forum of National Electoral Commissions from 6 to 8 March 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. The strategic meeting aims at strengthening the capacity of the EAC National Electoral Commissions Forum order to be more effective and responsive to the needs of the Election Management Bodies (EAC) in the EAC Partner States.

12 December 2018 – Nairobi, Kenya - The Economic, Social & Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) of the African Union (AU) has elected Mr. Abozer Elmana Elligai from Sudan as its new Presiding Officer. Mr Elmana is the Vice-president and co-founder of Maarij Foundation for Peace and Development (MFPD), an international non-governmental organization based in Sudan. The election took place on Tuesday 11 December 2018, during the 1st Ordinary Session of the 3rd Permanent General Assembly (GA) of ECOSOCC held in Nairobi, Kenya.

Nairobi, Kenya, 28 November 2018: The African Union in collaboration with United Nations-Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA) held a side event during the high level conference on Blue Economy themed “Africa’s Blue Economy: A continental Perspective”. The stakeholders discussed how to exploit the potential of Africa’s blue economy on a sustainable basis while highlighting the challenges and opportunities and how to increase youth and women participation in driving the Blue Economy agenda for Africa’s.