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Legal and Socio economic consequences of immigration, refugees and internally displaced persons in Africa was at the center of discussion

December 18, 2017, Arusha, Tanzania– The Citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO) of the African Union Commission (AUC) in its capacity as the Secretariat of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC), will hold a pre-Summit meeting on 18 – 20 December in Arusha, Tanzania. This pre-summit that will precede the African Union Summit will dwelt on taking steps to account for and reflect on the socio-economic and political development and challenges of the continent with particular focus on the 2017 theme of the year ‘Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investment in Youth”.

Brussels, Belgium, 14 December 2017- As the African Union continues to step up its exchanges with African countries of origin to provide consular services to their nationals in Libya and granting of landing rights and neighbouring countries to grant over flight permits. The AU also welcomes and encourages its Member States to receive and resettle refugees and asylum seekers who cannot go back to their countries of origin and further welcomes those Member States that have offered logistic support to the evacuation exercise.

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – 15 December 2017. The Department of Trade and Industry of the African Union Commission organized the Expert Working Group Meeting on Enterprise Africa Network under the theme: “Designing and Implementing SMEs Online Platforms through Public Private Partnership”. The main objective of the event is to propose a Roadmap with priority issues for the establishment of the African Entrepreneurial Network Flagship Project.