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Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
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Addis Ababa, 31 October 2018: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, undertook a two-day official visit to Nigeria, from 25 to 27 October 2018. The visit is part of his regular consultations with member states, to advance the African Union agenda.
The International Conference on
“Fall Armyworm Research-for-Development – Status and Priorities for Africa”
Statement By
H.E. Mrs. Amira Elfadil
The Commissioner for Social Affairs
African Union Commission, Addis Ababa Ethiopia
October 29-31 2018
Press Release
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Joint Media Advisory
First conference of a new global research alliance to establish practical field solutions against Fall Armyworm
Time to scale up fight against the voracious pest
Despite significant efforts to control the spread of the invasive Fall Armyworm (FAW), first detected in Africa in 2016, the pest keeps advancing to new areas in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.
Tunis, October 23rd 2018: The Global Child Nutrition Forum was held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 21 to 25 October superseding the 3rd Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA) School Feeding cluster meeting with an objective of the Forum to motivate open dialogue and sharing of experiences, good practices, lessons, challenges, and options to sustainably support nutritious, home-grown school feeding programs at national levels.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 19 October 2018 – A landmark memorandum of partnership was signed today at the Headquarters of the African Union Commission between the AUC, represented by the Commissioner for Trade and Industry, and the A-eTrade Group, represented by its CEO and Board Chairman, with the objective to boost intra African Trade using primarily, new information and communication technologies. The MoU was signed in the presence of H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, former Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia.
Banjul, The Gambia, 21 October 2018: The Department of the Political Affairs of the African Union Commission in close collaboration with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and other organs of the African Union with a human rights mandate and distinguished guests commemorated the Africa Human Rights Day in Banjul, The Gambia on 21 October 2018. This year’s theme for the commemoration is “Fighting Corruption and Advancing Human Rights: Our Collective Responsibility” as the nexus between human rights violations and corruption can no longer be ignored.
Banjul, The Gambia, 21 October 2018: The Department of the Political Affairs of the African Union Commission in close collaboration with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and other organs of the African Union with a human rights mandate and distinguished guests commemorated the Africa Human Rights Day in Banjul, The Gambia on 21 October 2018. This year’s theme for the commemoration is “Fighting Corruption and Advancing Human Rights: Our Collective Responsibility” as the nexus between human rights violations and corruption can no longer be ignored.
