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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 09 March 2017: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, sends her deepest condolences to the people of the Republic of Guinea following the untimely passing of Amb. Jeanne Martin Cisse. She passed away on Tuesday 21st February 2017, at the age of 91.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY SPEECH
H.E. DR. NKOSAZANA DLAMINI ZUMA
CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION
“African Women, Especially Young Women Succeeding in the Changing World of Work: Africa 50:50 by 2063”
8th MARCH 2017
AUC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, 10 March 2017: This week, the African Union Commission (AUC)’s Women, Gender and Development Directorate (WGDD) hosted the 2017 International Women’s Day (IWD) celebrations under the theme: “African Women, Especially Young Women Succeeding in the Changing World of Work: 50:50 by 2063”.
Lomé, Togo, 13th March 2017: The First Ordinary Session of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructures, Energy and Tourism (TIIIET) kicked-off today in Lomé (Togo) amidst reiterated calls for mobilizing sustainable means of adequate financing for infrastructure development in the continent.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia –13 March 2017: The outgoing Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, sends her deepest condolences to the government and people of the Federal Democratic Republic Ethiopia following a landslide which claimed about 50 lives on Sunday, 12 March 2017.
The landslide which claimed the lives of 46 people took place at a dumping site in the outskirts of Addis Ababa, burring make shift homes and concrete buildings.
THE FIRST ORDINARY SESSION OF THE
AFRICAN UNION SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORT, TRANSCONTINENTAL AND INTERREGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND TOURISM
THEME: FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE IN AFRICA
Salutations:
On behalf of the Economic Commission for Africa’s Executive Secretary, Mr. Abdalla Hamdok, the ECA’s delegation and my own behalf, I would like to thank the Government and the People of Togo for the hospitality that we have received. Let me also thank the African Union Commission, for their leadership in this great partnership that we continue to enjoy as the two leading Pan-African institutions based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
TECHNICAL MEETING OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE CLUSTER OF THE AFRICAN GOVERNANCE ARCHITECTURE ON THE ACTION PLAN OF THE HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS DECADE IN AFRICA:
