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      Communique: Retreat of the Committee of Fifteen Ministers of Finance (F15) Held on 13-14 June 2022 in Rabat, Kingdom Of Morocco.
      Communique: Retreat of the Committee of Fifteen Ministers of Finance (F15)
      13 June 2022

      We, the Committee of Fifteen Ministers of Finance (F15), under the Chairpersonship of Honourable Ukur Yatani, Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury of the Republic of Kenya, o

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      High Level Meeting on Financing the African Union. “Beyond COVID-19 pandemic and Russia- Ukraine Conflict: Enhancing the Resilience of African Economies and Financial Sustainability of the African Union”.
      High Level Meeting on Financing the African Union.
      13 June 2022

      Budget and financial reforms are an essential part of achieving the African Union Agenda 2063, and lie at the heart of the ongoing institution-wide reforms at the African Union.

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      The Kingdom of Morocco ratifies Pan-African Parliament Protocol
      The Kingdom of Morocco ratifies Pan-African Parliament Protocol
      7 June 2022

      The Kingdom of Morocco has become the fourteenth (14th) African Union (AU) member state to deposit instruments of ratification of the Protocol to the constitutive act of the AU relating to the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) also known as the Malabo Protocol.

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      Experts Group Meeting on Development of Methodologies on Migration and Mobility Statistics in Africa Opens
      Meeting on Development of Methodologies on Migration and Mobility Statistics
      11 April 2022

      Migration statistics experts from the African Union Member States, Regional Economic Communities and other regional and international organizations converged at the Experts Group Meeting

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      Atelier du groupe d'experts (EGM) sur le développement de méthodologies sur les
      11 April 2022
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      Experts Group Meeting on Development of Methodologies on Migration and Mobility Statistics in Africa
      Meeting on Development of Methodologies on Migration and Mobility Statistics
      11 April 2022

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      AUC at the 12th Annual International Forum MEDays
      AUC at the 12th Annual International Forum MEDays
      16 November 2019

      Tangier, Kingdom of Morocco- 16 November 2019: H.E.

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      AUC Chairperson emphasizes on importance of sport to strengthen unity of African countries
      AUC Chairperson emphasizes on importance of sport to strengthen unity
      20 August 2019

      Rabat, 20 August 2019: The 12th Edition of the African Games officially opened on Monday 19 August in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco; H.E.

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      The African Union as the owner of the African Games symbolically hands over the AU flag to the host country Morocco as per the rituals of the event.
      The African Union as the owner of the African Games symbolically hands over the
      19 August 2019
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      Official opening Ceremony of the 12th edition of African Games under the theme Creating Opportunities through Sports for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons”. 19-31 August 2019, Rabat.
      Africanj Games 2019 Opening Ceremony
      19 August 2019
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      2019 African Games
      2019 African Games
      19 August 2019

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      Morroco hosts CIDO Consultative Meeting on African Union Theme of the Year, “Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa”
      Morroco hosts CIDO Consultative Meeting on African Union Theme of the Year
      6 August 2019

      Casablanca, Morocco, 6 August 2019: In line with the African Union(AU) theme of the Year 2019 "Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons : towards durable solutions to forced displaceme

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