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AU Heads of State at the 2nd Mid-Year Coordination Meeting call on political and social actors to respect human rights and the rule of law

October 22, 2020
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Five years after the adoption of the Africa Agenda 2063 and its vision for greater African economic and political integration, and taking into consideration that next year marks three decades since the adoption of the Abuja Treaty establishing the African Economic Community, Heads of State and Government from the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and the Regional Mechanisms (RMs) together with the African Union Commission, held a virtual meeting on 22nd October 2020 to take stock of the progress made in the area of integration and different aspect of development in the continent.

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The African Union and Estonia launch hackathon to develop digital solutions to accelerate Africa post-COVID recovery

October 20, 2020
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African Union and Estonia, in cooperation with Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg and Poland, with the implementing partners Garage48 and Smart Africa are organizing an online cross-continental hackathon “EU-Africa: The Post Crisis Journey” on 10-13 December 2020.

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H.E. Dr Amani Abou-Zeid celebrating 75th anniversary of the Fifth Pan-African Congress

Invited by the universities of Manchester and Salford, H.E. Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy delivered the keynote address to the symposium celebrating 75th anniversary of the fifth Pan-African Congress that took place in Manchester in October 1945 — a milestone event which brought together then intellectuals and activists such as W.E.B Du Bois, Kwame Nkrumah, Nnamdi Azikiwe and Jomo Kenyatta. The Congress was a springboard for these future leaders in connecting with each other and developing new national strategies towards self-rule and decolonization.

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October 19, 2020
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African Union (AU) Covid19 Response Fund to launch $300m fundraising to help tackle the effects of COVID-19 in Africa

October 16, 2020
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WHAT: African Union (AU) Covid19 Response Fund to launch $300m fundraising to help tackle the effects of COVID-19 in Africa
WHEN: 24th October, 2020
TIME: 16h00 East African time (13.00 GMT).
WHO: The African Union in collaboration with Afrexim Bank
Register link: https://bit.ly/2IyYvc7

Opening Statement of H.E. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs During a Virtual Meeting of the AU-UN Coordination Mechanism of Humanitarian Matters and Disaster Risk Management Cluster

Your Excellences,
Distinguished Partners,
Ladies and Gentlemen.

Allow me to start by thanking all of you for making time to participate in this virtual meeting of the Humanitarian Matters and Disaster Risk Management. I would like to extend special thanks to OCHA, our co-chair of this Cluster, for the support and partnership in organizing this meeting.

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October 15, 2020
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Business-boosting African Trade Observatory (ATO) to start virtual demonstrations

October 15, 2020
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African Union online portal, supported by the European Union and the International Trade Centre, will boost the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

(Addis Ababa/Geneva) – 14 October 2020 - An online tool designed to help businessmen and businesswomen in Africa understand how best to trade between African countries came a step closer to becoming fully operational in August 2020 as a demonstration version came onstream.

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The Republic of Congo signed the Treaty for the establishment of the African Medicines Agency (AMA)

October 15, 2020
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The Republic of Congo becomes the eighteenth AU member state that have signed the Treaty for the establishment of the African Medicine Agency (AMA) on 15 October 2020, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The AMA treaty was adopted by Heads of States and Government during their 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly on 11 February 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Member States are able to sign the treaty at the Headquarters of the Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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