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Statement of H.E. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat Chairperson of the African Union Commission Permanent Representatives’ Committee Retreat Addis Ababa, Ethiopia October, 2017

Your Excellency, Mrs. Fatoumata Kaba Sidibe, Chairperson of the Permanent Representatives Committee;
Your Excellency, Mr. Thomas Kwesi Quartey, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission;
Fellow Commissioners;
Excellencies Ambassadors, PRC Members;
Representatives of AU Organs and regional Economic Communities;

Ladies and gentlemen;

Dates: 
October 12, 2017
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STATEMENT OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMISSION ON THE SITUATION IN KENYA

October 11, 2017
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Addis Ababa, 11 October 2017: The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, is closely following the situation in Kenya, including the decision by Mr. Raila Odinga from the National Super Alliance (NASA) Coalition to withdraw from the rerun of the presidential elections scheduled for 26 October 2017, and the subsequent political developments.

Note to Editors: Chief Negotiators Conclude the 7th Round of Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) Negotiations

October 11, 2017
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 11 October 2017: The 7th Meeting of the CFTA Negotiating Forum took place from 2nd – 7th October 2017 at the African Union (AU) Headquarters, in Addis Ababa. The meeting brought together Chief Negotiators and Trade Experts from African Union Member States.
The negotiators made substantial progress towards the conclusion of CFTA Negotiations and agreed on the following:
a) to adhere to the deadline of December 2017 to complete the draft legal text establishing the Continental Trade Area as directed by the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government;

THE AFRICAN UNION CONDEMNS THE ATTACK AGAINST MONUSCO BASE IN NORTH KIVU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

October 11, 2017
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Addis Ababa, 10 October 2017. The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, condemns the attacks carried out on 9 October 2017 by elements of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) against the base of the United Nations Mission for the Stabilization in the Congo (MONUSCO) in Mamundioma, in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which caused the death of two peacekeepers and injured several others from the Tanzanian contingent.

African Ministers to spotlight civil registration as key for good governance

February 06, 2015
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Addis Ababa, 06 February 2015- The role of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) in attaining good governance in Africa as well as the need for good governance itself in conducting the civil registration processes across the continent will come under review at a regional conference slated for the 7th to the 9th of February 2015 in Yamoussoukro, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire.

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