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      H.E Amira Elfadil, Commisioner For Social Affairs During The Ministerial Session Of The 5th Pan-African Forum On Migration (PAFOM 5)
      Closing Statement For H.E Amira Elfadil During The Ministerial Session (PAFOM 5)
      16 September 2019

      CLOSING STATEMENT
      FOR 

      H.E AMIRA ELFADIL, 
      COMMISIONER FOR SOCIAL AFFAIRS

      DURING 

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      Discours  PCUA session Extraordinaire CEDEAO  terrorisme  Ouaga 14 Sep 2019
      Chairperson Speech at Opening Ceremony ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit on Terrorism
      14 September 2019

      Extraordinary Session of the Authority of the Heads of State and Government
      of ECOWAS on Antiterrorism, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 14 September 2019

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      Discours de S.E.M. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine  Au 5ème  Forum investir en Afrique
      Discours de S.E.M. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Président de la Commission de l’Union af
      12 September 2019

      Discours
      de S.E.M. Moussa Faki Mahamat,
      Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine

      Au 5ème  Forum investir en Afrique :

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      Discours de S.E. Amb. Minata Samaté Cessouma Commissaire Aux Affaires Politique
      5 September 2019

      DISCOURS DE
       
      S.E. AMB. Minata Samaté Cessouma
      Commissaire aux Affaires Politiques 
      Commission de l’Union Africaine  

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      STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR SMAIL CHERGUI AU COMMISSIONER FOR PEACE AND SECURITY
      14 July 2019
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      Former PAP President Hon. Bethel Nnaemeka to be buried in Nigeria
      26 March 2019

      Hon. Amadi succumbed to death on 10 February 2019 in London following long suffering from cancer related illness.

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      Fifth Session of African Union Humanitarian Architecture Opens
      25 March 2019

      Livingstone, Zambia, March 25, 2019: A Four days training on Law and policy training on African Humanitarian Architecture has commenced in Livingstone, Republic of Zambia, in line with the African

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      Cooperation between the African Union and Argentina
      22 March 2019

      22 March, 2019 - Buenos Aires, Argentina. On the last day of the 2nd High-Level UN Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA + 40) that took place in H.E. Amb. Albert M.

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      Access to reliable data is critical to harness energy potential in Africa
      21 March 2019

      Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, 21st March 2019: African Energy Commission (AFREC) has held a Regional Training Workshop on Energy Statistics and Energy Efficiency Data Collection for West and North Africa

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      The African Union Commission participates in the 2nd High-Level UN Conference
      21 March 2019

      21 March, 2019 – Buenos Aires, Argentina - A delegation from the AU Commission led by AU Commissioner for Trade and Industry, H.E. Albert M. Muchanga and AU Commissioner for Economic Affairs, H.E.

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      Tunis hosts the inaugural Bureau meeting of the AU Specialized Technical Committ
      15 March 2019

      Tunis, Tunisia, 15 March 2019: The first Bureau meeting of the African ‎Union Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on ‎Communication and Information and communications technology (ICT) convened in

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      The African Union Commission Joins the Ministry of Women, Children and Youth of
      8 March 2019

      ADDIS ABABA, 8 March 2019 – Under the leadership of H.E Abiy Ahmed Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the Ministry of Women, Children and Youth and the African Union Com

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