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      Africa Vaccination Week 2020 Theme:  Vaccines Work for All
      Africa Vaccination Week 2020 Theme: Vaccines Work for All
      24 April 2020
      Event
      Weekly Press Briefing on Coronavirus Disease Outbreak
      Weekly Press Briefing on Coronavirus Disease Outbreak
      23 April 2020

      WHAT: The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread to almost all countries and claimed more than 150,000 lives worldwide.

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      Address of H.E. Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid at Meeting of AU Sub-Committee on Transport
      23 April 2020

       Honourable Chair of the Transport Sub-Committee
       Honourable Ministers of Transport
       Dear Colleagues
       All protocols observed:

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      Declaration of the Extraordinary Meeting of the Bureau of the Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism (Sub Committee of Transport)
      Declaration of the Extraordinary Meeting of the Bureau of the Specialized Techni
      23 April 2020

      WE, the Ministers in charge of Transport, meeting through Video conferencing on 23rd April 2020 as the Sub Committee of Transport under the Bureau of the Specialized Techni

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      Communiqué of the Bureau of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government Video Conference with African Business Leaders on COVID-19, Held on 22 April 2020
      Communiqué: Bureau of AU HoSG Video Conference with African Business Leaders
      22 April 2020
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      Joint Statement of the meeting between Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy and African Ambassadors to the International Civil Aviation Organization -ICAO on the Need to Support the Continental Strategy on COVID-19
      Joint Statement CIE / ICAO on Support to Continental Strategy on COVID-19
      22 April 2020

      1. The Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy H.E.

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      African Ministers of	Transport	Discuss Actions to Mitigate the Devastating Impacts of	COVID-19 and Address Urgent Challenges in Transport Sector
      African Ministers of Transport Discuss Actions to Mitigate the Devastating Impac
      21 April 2020
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      African Union and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launch Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing: Trace, Test and Track
      AU & Africa CDC Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing: Trace, Test & Track
      21 April 2020

      The African Union Commission and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have launched a new initiative, the Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT): Trace, Tes

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      Ministers of the African Union Discuss Actions to Mitigate the Devastating Impacts of COVID-19 and Address Urgent Challenges in Tourism Sector
      AU Ministers Discuss Actions to Address Urgent Challenges in Tourism Sector
      21 April 2020

      The African Union Ministers responsible for Tourism and members of the Bureau for the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Transport, Infrastructure, Intercontinental and Interregional Infrastr

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      Wellcome and DFID support Africa COVID-19 continental response with € 2.26 million
      Wellcome and DFID support Africa COVID-19 continental response with € 2.26 mill
      21 April 2020

      Wellcome and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) have awarded a grant of EUR 2.26 million to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to sup

      Press releases
      Declaration of the Extraordinary Meeting of the Bureau of the Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism (Sub Committee On Tourism)
      Declaration: Extraordinary Meeting of the STC-TTIIET
      21 April 2020

      THEME: SUPPORTING THE CONTINENTAL STRATEGY ON COVID-19 PANDEMIC

      Speeches
      Address of H.E. Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid at Meeting of AU Sub-Committee on Tourism
      21 April 2020

       Honourable Chair of the Tourism Sub-Committee
       Honourable Ministers of Tourism
       Dear Colleagues
       All protocols observed:

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