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Media Announcement for the coverage of the 34th AU Summit: Online registration for journalists now open

January 28, 2021
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The Directorate of Information and Communication (DIC) of the African Union Commission (AUC) hereby announces that, the online registration for journalists interested to cover the thirty eighth (38th ) Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and the 34th African Union (AU) Summit scheduled to take place from 3-7 February 2021, has been launched on the AU website: www.au.int

Journalists are therefore invited to register through the following link: https://au.int/en/summit/accreditation

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The Rockefeller Foundation Announces Grant to Expand Access to COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Africa

January 28, 2021
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The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a new grant of US$12 million to the Africa Public Health Foundation to help expand the geographic coverage of testing and to strengthen contact tracing for COVID-19 in Africa through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).

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Historic partnership aimed at securing over 1.2 Billion people and 55 nations from counterfeit and illicitly traded products, to be launched during Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh

January 28, 2021
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Historic partnership aimed at securing over 1.2 Billion people and 55 nations from counterfeit and illicitly traded products, to be launched during Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh

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34th AU Summit strives to leverage and valorise African Arts, Culture and Heritage

January 25, 2021
English

The thirty fourth (34th) Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) scheduled to take place on 6 and 7 February 2021 will hold under the theme: “Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want”. This theme of the year will be presented during the upcoming African Union Summit, by the lead Department of Social Affairs at the AUC. However, it is worth noting that, Africa is universally recognised for its rich arts and cultural diversity given that, African cultural heritage springs from different communities all over Africa.

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Statement from the Labour Migration Advisory Committee on the Occasion of the Commemoration of International Migrants Day

December 18, 2020
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Today, on 18 December 2020, the world is celebrating International Migrants Day, adopted to mark the UN Convention on the Rights of Migrant workers and Members of their Families. The year, 2020, has been a challenging one for migrant workers, thus we mark the contributions migrants are making, and virus' impact on their lives. The COVID19 pandemic brought more threats and violations of the rights and protection of migrant workers, having particularly impacted women as they are significantly represented in health industry and care economy.

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34th AU Summit strives to leverage and valorise African Arts, Culture and Heritage

January 26, 2021
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The thirty fourth (34th) Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) scheduled to take place on 6 and 7 February 2021 will hold under the theme: “Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want”.

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