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Continental Experts’ Workshop on the Restitution of Cultural Property and heritage
WHAT: THE CONTINENTAL EXPERTS’ WORKSHOP ON THE RESTITUTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY AND HERITAGE
DATE: 30TH NOVEMBER – 2ND DECEMBER 2021
VENUE: DAKAR, SENEGAL
MEETING LINK: Join the conversation using #RestitutionJourney
ECOWAS Convenes A Virtual Follow-Up Interface Among The African Union, Regional Economic Communities, Regional Mechanisms And Civil Society Organizations On Enhancing Cooperation And Coordination Within The EU Support To APSA Framework
As a follow up on the recommendations of the Maiden Interface held on 16 November 2020, the ECOWAS Representation at the African Union in collaboration with the AU ECOSOCC and West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP)
African Union Legal Frameworks aim to break the cycle of violence against women and girls.
In Africa, the most prevalent forms of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) reported and documented, include, among others, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV),
Weekly Press Briefing on Coronavirus Disease Outbreak in Africa
This briefing is a weekly engagement of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) with the media to share critical updates on the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
Message of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa FAKI MAHAMAT, On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Fellow Africans,
As in previous years, this November 25, we celebrate the International Day dedicated to the fight against all forms of gender-based violence, that is to say violence of which women and girls - who are also our mothers, our wives, our sisters and our children- are regularly subjected to.
In accordance with a well-established tradition, this commemoration will continue through a global awareness-raising campaign. It will last until December 10, 2021, another symbolic date dedicated to the celebration of human rights.
The 9th Humanitarian Symposium to review best practices and Africa’s solutions in addressing climate change in the humanitarian space
The African Union (AU) Humanitarian Symposium was initiated in 2010, as a forum that brings together the AU Commission, Member States and Partners to deliberate and exchange views on pertinent issues impacting on the humanitarian situation in the continent.
This year, the 9th Humanitarian Symposium is dedicated to the preparations for the 2022 Continental Humanitarian Summit to be convened in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
Brochure Bienale of Luanda 2021
Africa Needs to Shift to Multi-Hazard Governance and Coordination Approach to Disasters: “Towards Disaster Risk-Informed Development for a Resilient Africa in a COVID-19 Transformed World”.
Governments need to implement multi hazard governance and coordination pathways towards reducing disaster risk. This was the prominent key message coming out from the 8th Africa Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction (AfRP). The virtual event took place 16-18th November 2021at the senior officials level. The
Platform was followed by the 7th High Level/Ministerial Session that took place on 19th November in Nairobi, Kenya.