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Launch of two flagship African Union Economic Reports on the sidelines of the 11th African Private Sector Forum
Antananarivo, Madagascar, 5 November 2019- On the sidelines of the 11th Edition of the African Private Sector Forum, the African Union Commission today launched two flagship economic reports, including the report Africa’s Development Dynamics (AfDD) 2019 produced in collaboration with OECD Development Center on the theme "Achieving Productive Transformation in Africa" and the new report on Domestic Resource Mobilization: Fight against Corruption and Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) in Africa.The launch event was chaired by H.E.
The African Industrialisation Week 2019 (AIW 2019) 18th- 22nd November 2019
This year’s celebrations also focus on exploring tools; and business instruments that strengthen industry’s capacity to compete and innovate
4th Africa Judicial Dialogue Opens in Kampala
‘As we implement Agenda 2063, we must admit that our continent faces challenges of promotion and protection of human and peoples' rights. We have to do our best to advance rights that address the root causes of underdevelopment, poverty, integrity, inequality, marginalization, and exclusion’, he said.
Second Africa CDC Public Health Grand Rounds
Theme: Africa's Health Challenges in the 21st Century - Lecture and discussion series
Africa CDC Public Health Grand Rounds
Theme: Africa's Health Challenges in the 21st Century - Lecture and discussion series
Africa CDC Public Health Grand Rounds
The topic of discussion for this second event in the series is: “The Role of National Public Health Institutes in Health Security”.
Statement by Khabele Matlosa Director, Department of Political Affairs on the Occasion of the Experts’ Meeting of the 3rd Ordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
Your Excellency, The Chairperson of the STC on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons;
Excellencies Ambassadors here present;
Distinguished Experts from Various AU Member States;
Distinguished Representatives of International Organizations;
The Director, Department of Social Affairs, AUC;
My Colleagues from the AUC;
Ladies and gentlemen;
All Protocols duly observed.
The 3rd Ordinary Session of the Specialised Technical Committee (STC) on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons opens
Addis Ababa, November, 04 2019: Over one third of the world’s forcibly displaced persons are in Africa, including 6.3 million refugees and asylum seekers and 14, 5 million IPDs, thus Africa has no option but to double its efforts to address these phenomena. Accordingly, the adoption of Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration respectively, underscores the recent global shift to put the refugees, asylum seekers, Internally Displaced persons (IDPs) and migration topics at centre stage in policy discourse in Africa and beyond.