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MEDIA ADVISORY
CELEBRATION OF AFRICA DAY ON 25 MAY 2018, AT THE AFRICAN UNION HEADQUARTERS
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
WHAT: Celebration of Africa Day observed every 25 May
WHEN: Friday, 25 May 2018
Time: 11:00am
WHERE: African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa (Nelson Mandela Hall, NCC)
WHO: Organized by the African Union Commission (AUC)
Fellow Africans,
My Dear Sisters and Brothers on the Motherland
and in the African Diaspora,
It gives me great pleasure to greet you on this auspicious day, as together we commemorate the fifty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of African Unity, now the African Union, and pay tribute to the Founding Fathers and to those who, in the dawn of the 20th century, initiated this remarkable pan-African journey.
Addis Abeba, 18 May 2018 – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat received the letters of credence of H.E. Mr. Mohamed Arrouchi, newly appointed by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, as the Permanent Representative of Morocco to the African Union.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 22, 2018: The Consultation and Experience Sharing Workshop between the Sahel and the Horn of Africa on Peace-building and the Prevention of Violent Extremism through Education kicked off today at the African Union Headquarters. The workshop is organized by the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with UNESCO-International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA).
Addis Ababa, 19 May 2018 – After five years as the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Mozambique to the African Union, H.E. Mr. Manuel Jose bids farewell to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, on 19th May 2018 at the AU Headquarters.
Addis Ababa, 19 May 2018 – H.E. Mr. William Azumah Awinador-Kanyrige, Ambassador of Republic of Ghana paid a farewell visit to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, on 19th May 2018.
Addis Ababa, 18 May 2018 – Amb. Alaoui M’Hammdi, former Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco bids farewell to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat at the headquarters of the AU Commission in Addis Ababa.
Addis Abeba, 18 May 2018 – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat received the letters of credence of H.E. Mr. Mohamed Arrouchi, newly appointed by His Majesty King Mohammed IV, as the Permanent Representative of Morocco to the African Union.
Addis Ababa16 May 2018 - A two-day Technical meeting on the Harmonization of the Work Plan for the 2018 Second Semester of the AU-STC 8 on Public Service, Local Government, Urban Development and Decentralization took place on 16 May 2018 in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco. The meeting is in accordance with the decision of the recent Bureau Meeting held on 27-29 March 2018 in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco.
