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      AUC signs memorandum of understanding with UNAIDS for a better response to HIV/AIDS
      AUC signs MoU with UNAIDS for a better response to HIV/AIDS
      18 March 2021

      The MoU was signed by H.E. Amira Elfadil Mohammed the Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development and H.E. Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, UNAIDS

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      Weekly Press Briefing on Coronavirus Disease Outbreak
      Weekly Press Briefing on Coronavirus Disease Outbreak
      18 March 2021

      Weekly Press Briefing on Coronavirus Disease Outbreak INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA

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      Launching of The World Disaster Report
      Launching of The World Disaster Report
      17 March 2021

      The African continent is dominated by many disasters including Weather & Climate related disaster such as floods, droughts, cyclones, storms; Diseases and pandemics; Displacement and population movement; Conflict and technological related disasters

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      Credentials by H.E. Ms. Jean Njeri Kamau, new Permanent Representative of Kenya to the AU
      Credentials by H.E. Ms. Jean Njeri Kamau, new Permanent Representative of Kenya
      17 March 2021
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      AUC Chairperson Receives Letters of Credence of H.E. Mr. Mahamat Ali Hassan, New Ambassador of the Republic of Chad to the African Union
      AUC Chairperson Receives Letters of Credence of H.E. Mr. Mahamat Ali Hassan
      17 March 2021

      The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, on 11 March 2021, received the credentials of H.E. Mr. Mahamat Ali Hassan, the newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Chad to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union.

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      Invitation to Media Representatives (Journalists)
      Invitation to Media Representatives (Journalists)
      16 March 2021

      The Head of African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to the 14th March 2021 Parliamentary elections in the Central Africa Republic (CAR) will hold a media briefing to present the Preliminary conclusions of the mission.

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      The Republic of Zimbabwe signs the Treaty for the establishment of the African Medicines Agency (AMA)
      The Republic of Zimbabwe signs the Treaty for the establishment of the (AMA)
      16 March 2021

      The Republic of Zimbabwe becomes the nineteenth (19th) African Union (AU) Member State to sign the Treaty for the establishment of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) on 16 March 2021, at the AU Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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      The Republic of Ghana deposits the instrument of ratification of the African Medicines Agency
      The Republic of Ghana deposits the instrument of ratification of the AMA
      16 March 2021

      The Republic of Ghana becomes the sixth (6th) Member State to deposit the instrument of ratification of the African Medicines Agency (AMA).

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      Facilitating the Development and Modernization of the Bioenergy Sector in Africa
      Facilitating the Development and Modernization of the Bioenergy Sector in Africa
      16 March 2021

      The African Union Commission (AUC) through its specialized agency, the African Energy Commission (AFREC) in collaboration with Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP), the United Nations Economic Commi

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      Swearing-in of elected AUC Commissioners Handing over ceremony of duties between the incoming and outgoing Commissioners of the African Union
      Swearing-in of elected AUC Commissioners
      15 March 2021

      The swearing-in ceremony took place under the auspices of the newly elected Chairperson, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat and Deputy Chairperson, H.E. Dr. Monique Nsanzabaganwa of the African Union Commission (AUC)

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      Swearing-in Ceremony of the elected Members of the AU Commission
      Swearing-in Ceremony of the elected Members of the AU Commission
      15 March 2021

      Swearing-in of elected AUC Commissioners
      Handing over ceremony of duties between the incoming and outgoing Commissioners of the African Union

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      Statement of the AUC Chairperson,on the Swearing-in of elected AUC Commissioners
      15 March 2021

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