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Nairobi, 23 April 2018: The Department of Political Affairs (DPA) of the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has organized a training workshop on electoral boundaries delimitation for the National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC) from 23 to 25 April 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya. The multi-stakeholder training workshop drew Somali participants from the NIEC, Ministries of Constitutional and Interior Affairs, the Boundary and Federal Commission, Office of the Prime Minister, among others.

Addis-Ababa, 18 April 2018, under the aegis of the Commissioner in charge of Human Resources, Science and Technology (HRST), the Pan-African University (PAU) today, held the meeting of its regional steering committee. The steering committee is a statutory meeting held within the framework of African Development Bank’s funding to the Pan-African University. This gathering aims at making recommendations on the evolution of the project for the years to come. Its members include:

The Acting PATTEC Coordinator, Dr Gift Wanda represented the PATTEC Coordination Office at the 3rd WHO Stakeholders’ Meeting on Gambiense Sleeping Sickness that was held at WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland, 18 - 20 April, 2018. Participants to this meeting were drawn from sleeping sickness affected countries and NGOs, resource partners, academic and research institutions; and international organizations that are currently supporting the fight against sleeping sickness.

An international Seminar on Decentralization and Regionalization in Africa: Implementation of the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali is organized by AU representation office for Mali and the Sahel (MISAHEL) from 10th – 12th April 2018 in Bamako, Republic of Mali.