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      Update on the ongoing Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Global Epidemic, Brief #43
      Update on the ongoing Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Global Epidemic, Brief #43
      2020-11-10

      Outbreak Update: Since the last brief (3 November 2020), 3,863,674 new confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and 61,628 new deaths have been reported globally. To date, a total of 50,275,774 COVID-19 cases and 1,254,805 related deaths (case fatality rate (CFR): 2.5%) have been reported from 219 countries and territories.

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      Update on the ongoing Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Global Epidemic, Brief #41
      Update on the ongoing Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Global Epidemic, Brief #41
      2020-10-28

      Outbreak Update: Since the last brief (20 October 2020), 3,025,116 new confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and 40,780 new deaths have been reported globally. To date, a total of 42,977,875 COVID-19 cases and 1,152,8883 related deaths (case fatality rate (CFR): 2.7%) have been reported from 219 countries and territories. This week, no new country or territory reported its first case.

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      COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – 06 October 2020
      COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – 06 October 2020
      2020-10-07

      In addition to our Weekly Outbreak Brief on the spread of COVID-19 and the actions that Africa CDC is taking to help African Union Member States. Africa CDC shares a weekly brief detailing the latest developments in scientific knowledge and public health policy from around the world, as well as updates to the latest guidance from WHO and other public health agencies.

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      Community Use of Face Masks
      Community Use of Face Masks
      2020-10-05

      This document provides guidance to Member States on the effective use of face masks/ coverings in the community by individuals without COVID-19 symptoms in order to reduce potential transmission of SARS-CoV-2.a It also provides advice on the use of masks during home care for patients with COVID-19.b

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      Africa Against COVID-19: Saving Lives, Economies and Livelihoods in Africa
      Africa Against COVID-19: Saving Lives, Economies and Livelihoods in Africa
      2020-10-05

      Promoting harmonized, standardized and coordinated entry and exit for travelers in African Union Member States through digital solutions.

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      Draft Programme of the September/October 2020 Meetings of the African Union
      Draft Programme of the September/October 2020 Meetings of the African Union
      2020-09-30

      (Videoconference)
      As of 21 September 2020
      AU STATUTORY MEETINGS From 30 September to 22 October 2020

      Documents
      African Union
      Update on the ongoing Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Global Epidemic, Brief #37
      2020-09-28
      Documents
      Update on the ongoing Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Global Epidemic, Brief #30
      Update on the ongoing Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Global Epidemic, Brief #30
      2020-08-12

      Since the last brief (14 July 2020), 1,577,909 new confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and 37,039 new deaths have been reported globally. To date, a total of 14,363,960 COVID-19 cases and 603,943 (CFR: 4.2%) related deaths have been reported from 215

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      Compendium of Regional and International Legal Instruments on Girls’ and Women’s
      2020-07-16
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      Africa Integration Day Brochure
      Africa Integration Day Brochure
      2020-07-08
      Africa’s journey towards an integrated continent is closely linked to its Leaders’ vision of a strong and united continent following its fragmentation during the second Conference of Berlin in 1884.
      Even as African countries were preparing to accede to national sovereignty, there was a recognition that as newcomers in the international system, their strength and survival lay in their unity.
       
      Sectoral Reports
      Tax Transparency in Africa 2020 Africa Initiative Progress Report: 2019
      Tax Transparency in Africa 2020 Africa Initiative Progress Report: 2019
      2020-06-25
      Documents
      COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – 23 June 2020
      COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – 23 June 2020
      2020-06-23

      In addition to our Weekly Outbreak Brief on the spread of COVID-19 and the actions that Africa CDC is taking to help African Union Member States. Africa CDC shares a weekly brief detailing the latest developments in scientific knowledge and public health policy from around the world, as well as updates to the latest guidance from WHO and other public health agencies.

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      2020 African Integration Report
      2020 African Integration Report
      2020-05-23

      The Status of Regional Integration in Africa Advancing Intra-African Trade for Post-Covid Recovery

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      African Union
      Africa Regional Integration Index Report
      2020-05-23
      Publications/Books
      Impact of the Coronavirus Covid-19 on the African Economy
      Impact of the Coronavirus Covid-19 on the African Economy
      2020-04-06

      The Covid-19 crisis is affecting the entire world economy and that of Africa. Some key sectors of the African economy are already experiencing a slowdown as a result of the pandemic. Tourism, air transport, and the oil sector are visibly impacted. However, invisible impacts of Covid-19 are expected in 2020 regardless of the duration of the pandemic.

      Reports
      African Integration Report
      African Integration Report
      2020-02-28
      Decisions and Declarations
      African Union
      Second Biennial Review Report of the African Union Commission on the Implementat
      2020-02-12
      Sectoral Reports
      African Economic Outlook 2020
      African Economic Outlook 2020
      2020-02-12

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      African Union Master Roadmap of Practical Steps to Silence the Guns in Africa b
      2020-02-04
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      Draft Programme of Events
      2020-01-30
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      Draft Agenda for the Assembly of the Union Thirty-Third Ordinary Session
      2020-01-30
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      Inforgraphic summary of the SoAYR
      Inforgraphic summary of the SoAYR
      2019-12-04

      Under the leadership of the African Union Commission (AUC), this State of African Youth Report was developed as a synopsis the progress and achievements Member States have made on the 4 pillars agreed on in the roadmap.

      Policies
      Africa's Future: Youth and the Data defining their lives
      Africa's Future: Youth and the Data defining their lives
      2019-12-04

      This policy brief is distilled from the Status of African Youth Report (SoAYR) released in 2019 by the African Union Commission Data-driven policies and (AUC) and focuses on regional and continen-programmes that support inclusivetal findings from the report.

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      11th African Private Sector Forum Declaration.
      2019-11-08

      1. We, representatives of the business and economic communities from Africa applaud the 11th African Private Sector Forum organized by the African Union Commission in collaboration with the Government of Madagascar, OIF and UNOSSC in Antananarivo Madagascar on 6-8 November 2019;

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