Nigeria
Joint Statement on the Postponement of the 2019 Elections In Nigeria
Head of the African Union Observation Mission to Nigeria’s Elections to Conclude Stakeholder engagement Today Ahead of Elections Tomorrow
Abuja, Nigeria 15 February 2019: The head of the African Union Electoral Observation Mission (AUEOM) to Nigeria, Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn is today holding his final round of meetings with stakeholders in the Nigerian general elections to take place on Saturday 16th February 2019. Since the mission’s deployment, Mr. Desalegn has been receiving updates from various stakeholders including political parties, the electoral commission, civil society, government officials and other observer groups.
Pres. Muhammadu Buhari (Middle), Minister of Foreign Affairs, Goeffery Onyeama and H.E. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for @AUC_DPA at the summit of African Youth Against Corruption in Abuja today
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria (Middle), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, H.E. Goeffery Onyeama (Left) and H.E. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs (Right), flanked by other dignitaries and participants attending the summit of African Youth Against Corruption hosted by Nigerian Government in Abuja on Monday, December 10, 2018.
Launch of African Scientific, Research and Innovation Council
27-29 November 2018 - Sheraton Hotel Abuja, Nigeria : Realising that Africa, needs a stronger, more dynamic and sustainable research enterprise that is important to its economy and the society; and the eminent role that African scientists, academics, researchers, engineers, innovators, funding agencies, the private sector, civil society, and entrepreneurs would play in the implementation of Africa’s transformative Agenda 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals, the African Union Commission launched the “African Scientific, Research and Innovation Council (ASRIC)”, during its first congr
Statement by H.E. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs, on behalf of the AUC Chairperson H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, on the occasion of the opening of the African Youth Congress Against Corruption
Your Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Champion of the African Union annual theme on anti-corruption;
Your Excellency Mr. Geoffrey Onyema, Minister of Foreign Affairs Federal Republic of Nigeria ;
Honorable Members of the Government Federal Republic of Nigeria;
H.E. Mr. Anastase Murekezi, Ombudsman, Representative of the African Union Chairperson, H.E. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda;
Hon. Begeto Miarom, Chairperson of the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption;
Youth Representatives;
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The Pan African University Institute of Life and Earth Sciences (PAULESI) has awarded certificates to its fifth Promotion of Masters Students and second batch of Ph. D student
Ibadan, Nigeria: On Thursday, 15 November and Saturday 17 November 2018, the Pan African University Institute of Life and Earth Sciences (PAULESI) held the graduation ceremony for its fifth cohort of Masters Students and second batch of Ph.D students who successfully completed years of intensive training in the areas of Plant Breeding, Environmental Management, Petroleum Geology, Petroleum Geosience, Petroleum Engineering, Forestry, Mineral Exploration and Reproductive Health.
The African Union Commission Hosted a Successful a High Level Stakeholders Engagement Round Table on the Accelerated Industrial Development for Africa (AIDA)
Abuja, Nigeria, 07 August 2018 – The African Union Commission (AUC) is currently holding a High Level Stakeholders Engagement Round Table on the Accelerated Industrial Development for Africa (AIDA) Monitoring and Evaluation Framework and Reporting system. AIDA is a continental strategy for industrial development that was endorsed by the HOGs in 2008, and has been under implementation by member states.
Consultative meeting on promotion of regional integration in the management of tsetse and trypanosomosis in ECOWAS region, Abuja, Nigeria, 7 - 8 June 2018
A consultative meeting designed to initiate the process of increased engagement with and involvement of ECOWAS Commission in T&T interventions through more formal collaborative arrangements with the African Union Commission on one hand and ECOWAS on the other was organized by the PATTEC coordination office in collaboration with the Government of Nigeria and ECOWAS, 7 - 8 June 2018 at ECOWAS affiliated campus, in Abuja, Nigeria. The engagements are foreseen within the framework of Protocol of Agreement between Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and AUC.