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African Union Organises Training on Disability Mainstreaming and Implementation of the Continental Plan of Action for African Decade of Persons with Disabilities (2010-2019)
Addis Ababa, 29 March 2018 - A three - day training on Disability Mainstreaming and Implementation of the Continental Plan of Action on the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities (2010-2019) for Regional Economic Communities’ Officials, AUC Departments and Directorates, AU Regional Offices and AU Organs was successfully concluded today at Capital Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
African Union High-Level Women Meeting and Celebratory Lunch: Press for Progress
The African Union Executive Council adopts the African Common Position for Negotiations of a new cooperation agreement with the European Union
Addis Ababa, 27 March 2018:- March 21st, 2018 marked a historical day for Africa in its vision to build an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa with the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) by 44 African Countries. This was a strong and loud message to the World that Africa is able to come together as One and speak in One Voice.
Media Briefing on the Situation of Stranded African Migrants in Libya
MEDIA ADVISORY
March 28, 2018
Media Briefing on the Situation of Stranded African Migrants in Libya
What: Joint press conference on the achievements of the tripartite Task Force of the AU-EU-UN and the Libyan authorities in addressing the plight of stranded African migrants in Libya.
Who: Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the Commission and Commissioner for Social Affairs H.E. Amira Elfadil and Head of the Anti-Illegal Migration Authority of Libya, Mr. Mohamed Ali Bisher.
When: Thursday, 29 March 2018
Time: 12H00
Allocution du Président de la Commission de l'Union africaine, S.E. M. Moussa Faki Mahamat, à l'occasion du débat public du Conseil de Sécurité des Nations Unies sur le maintien de la paix.
NEW YORK, LE 28 MARS 2018
Monsieur le Président du Conseil et distingués représentants des pays membres de cet auguste organe,
Monsieur le Secrétaire général des Nations unies,
Mesdames et Messieurs,
Cette réunion vient à point nommé. Elle offre l’occasion d’échanger sur l’avenir du maintien de la paix à un moment où celui-ci connaît des défis croissants.
Call for Papers: Sixth Congress of African Economists
The African Union Commission (AUC), through the Department of Economic Affairs organizes every two years the African Economists Congress (AEC), a continental Economic Policy Dialogue framework which aims to analyze economic issues that are critical to Africa’s economic and social transformation in order to design and propose optimal solutions.
The Second Extra Ordinary session of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Justice and Legal Affairs
Sunday, 12- March 2018: The Meeting of Legal Experts of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Justice and Legal Affairs kicked off Sunday, 11 March 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda.
The week-long session will deliberate on the Agreement Establishing the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), specially focusing on AfCFTA objectives, the Institutional Framework, Implementation and the inter-relationship of the Free Trade Zone with existing regional and international arrangements.
AUEOM Orientation and Briefing Programme concludes yesterday 23 March 2018 in Egypt
AU Member Countries Create History by massively signing the AfCFTA Agreement in Kigali
Kigali, Rwanda, 21 March 2018: Close to Fifty (50) African Union Member States have signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the Kigali Declaration and the Free Movement Protocol by order of interest, during the official opening ceremony of the 10th Extraordinary Summit of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government held on 21 March 2018, in Kigali, Republic of Rwanda. A majority of the African countries signed all the three legal instruments while some signed two and the others signed one of the three instruments.