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Maseru, 04 May, 2017. –The 29th Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) was officially opened on 02 May 2017, in Maseru, The Kingdom of Lesotho.
The Opening Ceremony was attended by Senior Representatives from the Governments of Chad, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Tanzania, Lesotho, Senegal, and Kenya; Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Representatives from the United Nation Offices; National and International Organisations CSOs; and the Media.

Brussels, 24 April 2017: Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid, the African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy has stated that the AU-EU partnership is the most structured of all the partnerships that Africa has with implementation mechanisms institutionalized at all levels right from the technical implementation level, policy and decision-making at the highest political level as embodied in the AU-EU Summit of the Heads of State.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 6 May 2017: The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has arrived in Kigali, Rwanda for a Consultative meeting taking place on 7 May 2017. The meet was convened by President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, who has been mandated by the Assembly to lead the institutional reforms process of the African Union.

The Chairperson of the AU Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat and President Paul Kagame will convene with members of the Permanent Representative Council (PRC) and the Executive Council to discuss the implementation of the AU reforms.