Raising the Agenda for Urban Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa
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Dakar 25/01/2023 - DAKAR 2 SUMMIT : FEED AFRICA
Statement of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on the murder of Thulani Maseko
January 25, 2023
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25 January 2023, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, expresses his shock at the murder of Thulani Maseko, a human rights lawyer, in the Kingdom of Eswatini.
In this regard, the Chairperson fully supports the statement of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ Troika, including the call to the Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini to conduct a full and transparent investigation into the brutal killing.
Weekly Press Briefing on Coronavirus Disease Outbreak in Africa
January 26, 2023
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Africa CDC Weekly Press Briefing on the response to public health emergencies in Africa
The African Union conducts a technical In-country Advocacy Mission in Burundi to support the ratification of the Maputo Protocol on Women’s Rights in Africa
December 22, 2022
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The African Union Commission (AUC) Women, Youth and Gender Directorate together with the Gender, Peace and Security Programme has concluded a technical visit to Burundi as part of the advocacy mission to assist AU member states in the ratification, domestication, and implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa also popularly known as Maputo Protocol.
Chairperson of the African Union Commission appoints Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas as High Representative for Silencing the Guns
January 21, 2023
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The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, as the African Union High Representative for Silencing the Guns. The appointment is pursuant to the AU’s objective to end all conflicts, gender-based violence, terrorism and prevent genocide in the continent by 2030.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Appoints Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki as AU Special Envoy for Food Systems
January 21, 2023
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21 January 2022, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E Moussa Faki Mahamat is pleased to announce the appointment of H.E. Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Niger and former CEO of the AUDA-NEPAD, as the African Union Special Envoy for Food Systems.
Nairobi 20/01/2023 - Meeting between HE Dr William Ruto, President of Kenya and HE Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson AU Commission.
The Chairperson of the Africa Union Commission strongly condemns the abduction of more than 50 women and girls in Burkina Faso
January 18, 2023
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18 January 2023, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat condemns in the strongest terms, the abduction of more than 50 women and girls on 12 and 13 January 2023 in the Arbinda area in Burkina Faso's northern Sahel Region, by unidentified armed men.
The Chairperson calls for the immediate release of the abducted women and girls, including their safe return to their families and communities. The Chairperson further urges the national authorities to spare no efforts in bringing to justice the perpetrators of this heinous crime.
The 45th Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee (PRC) begins
January 16, 2023
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The 45th Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee (PRC) kicked off on 16 January 2023, in preparation for the 42nd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) to be held from the 15-19 January 2023.
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