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Addis-Ababa, 5 April 2016: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has authorized the deployment of the Short Term Electoral Observation Missions (AUEOM) for the Presidential Elections scheduled for 8 April 2016 in the Republic of Djibouti and on 10 April 2016 in the Republic of Chad.

The missions will be undertaken from 06 to 14 April 2016 and will be led respectively by:

Ø Djibouti : H.E. Soumana Sako, Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Mali

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 4th April 2016: The Department of Social Affairs held a joint high-level roundtable to discuss governance issues in the multi-stakeholder responses to the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa in partnership with the Institute for Peace and Security Studies, Addis Ababa University; the African Peace Building Network Program of the Social Science Research Council; the Oxfam International Liaison Office with the AU; and the UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 4 April 2016: The African Union Commission Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, and the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, H.E. Augustine Mataa Ponyo, met on Monday, 4 April 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

They met on the margins of the 9th Joint Annual Meetings of the African Union Specialised Technical Committee on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration and the Economic Commission of Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.