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Opening Statement by H.E Fatima Haram Acyl, African Union Commissioner for Trade and Industry, at the opening of the First CFTA Negotiating Forum Meeting

Distinguished Delegates
Partners
Ladies and Gentlemen

It is my pleasure today to address this very important meeting. It is the very first meeting of the Continental Free Trade Agreement Negotiating Forum, set up under the authority of the Heads of State and Governments to negotiate the African Continental Free Trade Area.

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February 22, 2016
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African Union Commission and FAO step up support to Great Green Wall for the Sahara and Sahel initiative (GGWSSI) Cooperation agreement signed on the implementation of Action Against Desertification project

February 09, 2016
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February 9, 2016, Addis Ababa – In an agreement signed on February 5, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) further strengthened their partnership in support of the Great Green Wall initiative, Africa’s flagship initiative to combat land degradation, desertification and drought.

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Joint Communiqué of the consultation meeting between the Heads of Electoral Observer and Information Missions

February 22, 2016
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Niamey, 22nd February 2016

The Heads of observer and information Missions of the African Union (AU), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), the International Organization of la Francophonie (OIF) and the Community of Sahel- Saharan States (CEN-SAD) as well as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for West Africa met to exchange information on the conduct of the February 21st , 2016 presidential and legislative elections.

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THE Deputy Chairperson of the AU COMMISSION participates in the TICAD Co-Organizers Retreat Held in Masai Mara, Kenya

February 22, 2016
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Nairobi, Kenya, 20th February 2016- H.E Mr. Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) led the AUC delegation to a 2-day Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) Co-Organizers retreat in preparation for the upcoming TICAD VI Summit to be held in Nairobi, Kenya on the 27-28 August 2016 – the first to be held in an African soil. The retreat was hosted by H.E. Amb. Amina C. Mohamed, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade of the Republic of Kenya. H.E. Mr.

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First Edition of the Africa Day for School Feeding March 1 2016

February 22, 2016
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March 1 2016 will mark the first edition of the Africa Day for School Feeding, to be observed jointly by the African Union Commission, AU Member States and development partners. The Day, which is centered on the theme “Home Grown School Feeding: a Conduit for Africa’s Sustainable Development”, will be celebrated with continent-wide activities and highlighted by series of official events in the Nigerien capital, Niamey.

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African Union Election Observation Mission to the Union of The Comoros for the primary Presidential election and first round Governors’ election of the Autonomous Islands on 21 February 2016

February 22, 2016
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Arrival Statement

The African Union Commission (AUC) announces the arrival of its observation mission for the primary Presidential election in the Union of The Comoros and first round governors’ election in Autonomous Islands on 21 February 2016. The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma accepted the invitation of the Government of the Union of the Comoros and deployed the Mission to observe and report on the conduct of elections.

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African Union Election Observation Mission to the Union of The Comoros for the primary Presidential election and first round Governors’ election of the Autonomous Islands on 21 February 2016

February 22, 2016
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Arrival Statement

The African Union Commission (AUC) announces the arrival of its observation mission for the primary Presidential election in the Union of The Comoros and first round governors’ election in Autonomous Islands on 21 February 2016. The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma accepted the invitation of the Government of the Union of the Comoros and deployed the Mission to observe and report on the conduct of elections.

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