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      Communiqués
      Communiqué de S.E.M Moussa Faki Mahamat sur la situation au Mali
      Statement of the Chairperson on the situation in the Republic of Mali
      18 August 2020

      18 August 2020, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat strongly condemns the forced detention of the President of Mali Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the Prime Mi

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      Communiqué of the Joint Ministerial Meeting of Ministers of Health and Ministers of Transport
      Communiqué: Joint Ministerial Meeting of Ministers of Health and Transport
      18 August 2020

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      Statement Delivered on Behalf of the AU Chairperson, President Cyril Ramaphosa on the occasion of the handover ceremony of the AfCFTA Secretariat
      Statement by AU Chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa at the Handover Ceremony of AfCFTA
      17 August 2020

      Statement Delivered on Behalf of the AU Chairperson, President Cyril Ramaphosa on the occasion of the handover ceremony of the AfCFTA Secretariat

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      COVID-19 threatens to reverse progress in birth registrations: strategies for counter-actions
      COVID-19 threatens to reverse progress in birth registrations
      17 August 2020

      17th August 2020: In Africa, nearly one in two children are deprived from a legal existence.

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      Ghana President Speech at the Handover Ceremony of the AfCFTA Buildings
      Ghana President Speech at the Handover Ceremony of the AfCFTA Buildings
      17 August 2020

      Address by the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, at the Commissioning and Formal Handing Over of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat Building, in Accra, to the African Union Commission

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      Statement By The Secretary-General  H.E. Wamkele Keabetswe Mene  Official Commissioning  And Handing Over of the African Continental Free Trade Area (Afcfta) Secretariat
      Secretary-General statement at the Handover Ceremony of the AfCFTA Buildings
      17 August 2020

      On this occasion of the official commissioning and handing over of the AfCFTA Secretariat, let me express deep humility for having been elected by the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of States & Government of the AU, to the position of the first Secretary-General of the AfCFTA Secretariat. A mission to be at the services of Africa, which I shall undertake with resolute determination.

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      Statement by  H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission Delivered at the Handover Ceremony of the AfCFTA Buildings to African Union
      AUC Chairperson Statement at the Handover Ceremony of the AfCFTA Buildings to AU
      17 August 2020

      H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Republic of Ghana,

      H.E. Isssouffou Mahamadou, President of the Republic of Niger,

      Event
      Official hand over and Commissioning of the AfCFTA Secretariat Building
      The Official hand over and Commissioning of the African Continental Free Trade A
      17 August 2020

      WHAT: The Official hand over and Commissioning of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat Building

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      Press Briefing of the Chairperson of ACHPR
      Press Briefing of the Chairperson of ACHPR
      15 August 2020

      I would like to welcome the members of the press for this press briefing on the 66th ordinary session of the African Commission in Human and Peoples' Rights.

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      In Wake of COVID-19, African Union to Keep AfCFTA on Track with Digital Technology
      COVID-19 : African Union to Keep AfCFTA on Track with Digital Technology
      14 August 2020

      Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14th August 2020: Since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, the AU Commission, like most intergovernmental organisations around the world, has s

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      Driving Work-Based Learning Solutions for Africa: COVID-19 and Beyond
      Driving Work-Based Learning Solutions for Africa: COVID-19 and Beyond
      14 August 2020

      The Africa Union through the Department of Human Resource Science and Technology(HRST), The African Union Development Agency(AUDA-NEPAD) in Partnership with GAN Global and the British Council
      Moderator by Nazrene Mannie, Executive Director, GAN Global

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      23rd Weekly Press Briefing on the Coronavirus disease outbreak
      23rd Weekly Press Briefing on the Coronavirus disease outbreak
      13 August 2020

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