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Swearing-in of the Secretary General of the AfCFTA ">Swearing-in of the Secretary General of the AfCFTA

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Press Release No: /2020 Date: 09/02/2020

Venue: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union opened today at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting which will run from the 9th to 10th February is being held under the 2020 theme of the year, “Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Development. “

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Official visit of H.E. Mrs. Ursula Von der Leyen, President of European Commission, to H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission. ">Official visit of H.E. Mrs. Ursula Von der Leyen, President of European Commission, to H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission.

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Statement on the Meeting between AUC Chairperson With President of the European Commission, Dr. Ursula Von Der Leyen ">Statement on the Meeting between AUC Chairperson With President of the European Commission, Dr. Ursula Von Der Leyen

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat, received the European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen,at the African Union Headquarters today, during her first visit since taking office.

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Africa Industrialisation Week 2019 ">Africa Industrialisation Week 2019

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74th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 74) ">74th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 74)

Joint press release - Meeting of the Joint AU-EU-UN Taskforce to Address the Migrant and Refugee Situation in Libya New York, 25 September 2019

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The 3rd STC on Health, Population and Drug Control Focuses On Increased Domestic Financing for Universal Health Coverage for All Africans Including Refugees, Returnees and IDPs ">The 3rd STC on Health, Population and Drug Control Focuses On Increased Domestic Financing for Universal Health Coverage for All Africans Including Refugees, Returnees and IDPs

The Third Ordinary Session of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee on Health, Population and Drug Control (STC-HPDC-3), opened with the Experts Meeting, today Monday 29 July 2019, in Cairo, Egypt.

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