24th Weekly Press Briefing on the Coronavirus disease outbreak
August 20, 2020
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Africa CDC weekly engagement with the media to share critical updates on the coordinated response by African Union Member States to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Statement of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on the situation in the Republic of Mali
August 18, 2020
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18 August 2020, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat strongly condemns the forced detention of the President of Mali Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the Prime Minister and other members of the Malian Government and calls for their immediate release.
The Chairperson strongly rejects any attempt at the unconstitutional change of government in Mali and calls on the mutineers to cease all recourse to violence, and calls for the respect of the country’s institutions.
4th High-Level Tax Policy Dialogue
August 26, 2020 to August 27, 2020
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Agenda:
Concept Note:
The Commissioning and Handing Over of the African Continental Free Trade Area (Afcfta) Secretariat
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, commissioned and handed over the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to the African Union (AU) Commission,marks a historic milestone in the road to fullfil the vision of our Founding Fathers for Continental Integration, that dates back to the inaugural session of the OAU in 1963, articulated most strongly by then President Kwame Nkrumah in his landmark speech .Africa is now the world’s largest free trade area since the formation of the World Trade Organisation, and we must make it count.
Address by the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, at the Commissioning and Formal Handing Over of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat Building, in Accra, to the African Union Commission
August 17, 2020
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Address by the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, at the Commissioning and Formal Handing Over of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat Building, in Accra, to the African Union Commission
Statement Delivered on Behalf of the AU Chairperson, President Cyril Ramaphosa on the occasion of the handover ceremony of the AfCFTA Secretariat
August 17, 2020
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Statement Delivered on Behalf of the AU Chairperson, President Cyril Ramaphosa on the occasion of the handover ceremony of the AfCFTA Secretariat
Statement By The Secretary-General H.E. Wamkele Keabetswe Mene Official Commissioning And Handing Over of the African Continental Free Trade Area (Afcfta) Secretariat
August 17, 2020
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On this occasion of the official commissioning and handing over of the AfCFTA Secretariat, let me express deep humility for having been elected by the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of States & Government of the AU, to the position of the first Secretary-General of the AfCFTA Secretariat. A mission to be at the services of Africa, which I shall undertake with resolute determination.
Statement by H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission Delivered at the Handover Ceremony of the AfCFTA Buildings to African Union
August 17, 2020
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H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Republic of Ghana,
H.E. Isssouffou Mahamadou, President of the Republic of Niger,
H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa, President of Republic of South Africa and Chairperson of the African Union,
H.E. Wamekele Mene, AfCFTA Secretary General,
Honourable Ministers,
Ladies and Gentlemen
Im honored to be here to witness the handover of the headquarters of the AfCFTA Secretariat by the Republic of Ghana to the African Union.
The Official hand over and Commissioning of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat Building
August 17, 2020
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WHAT: The Official hand over and Commissioning of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat Building
WHEN: Monday,17th August, 2020
TIME: 1400h East African Time
WHERE: Register here: https://bit.ly/30Y8aja
WHO: The Africa Union Commission, African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat hosted by the Republic of Ghana,
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In Wake of COVID-19, African Union to Keep AfCFTA on Track with Digital Technology
August 14, 2020
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14th August 2020: Since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, the AU Commission, like most intergovernmental organisations around the world, has shifted most of its activities online.
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