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“Accelerating Implementation of CAADP through Innovative Financing and Renewed Partnership” 12- 14 April 2016 Accra, Ghana
International Youth Day Commemoration Invitation to Representatives of the Media
Young African thinkers from all over the continent come together to celebrate International Youth Day at the African Union Headquarters
African Union Commission Commemorates International Youth Day
Addis Ababa, 8 August 2016: On the 12th of August 2016, the African Union Commission will join the world in celebrating International Youth Day (IYD). Since the year 2000, August 12th has provided key stakeholders with the opportunity to focus on the views, initiatives and challenges that affect young people across the globe.
African Union Permanent Representatives' Committee (PRC) Briefing on the Outbreaks of Communicable Diseases of 2016 in Different Parts of Africa
INVITATION TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES
WHAT: African Union Permanent Representatives' Committee (PRC) Briefing on the Outbreaks of Communicable Diseases of 2016 in Different Parts of Africa
WHEN: 16 August 2016, Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: African Union Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
African Union Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Awards 2016 Edition
African Union Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Award
Call for Applications 2016 Edition
Fridays of the Commission: Building Institutional and Community Resilience in the face of floods, droughts, conflict and economic shocks in Africa: Lessons from the response to El Nino Eastern Africa and Southern Africa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 19 August 2016: On Friday 19th August 2016 the AUC Department of Economic Affairs and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) through the collaborative initiative of the AUC department of Political Affairs held a session of Fridays of the Commission dedicated to current economic, financial, agricultural and humanitarian challenges facing African economies.
Johannesburg, South Africa- 8 August 2016: Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission H.E. Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma - guest radio presenter on Johannesburg-based Power FM’s Power Talk radio show.
African Union deploys Long Term Experts and Short Term Election Observers in the Republic of Gabon’s 27 August Presidential Election
Addis Ababa, 5th August 2016: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission has approved the deployment of African Union Elections Observation Mission (AUEOM) to the Presidential Election scheduled to place in the Republic of Gabon on 27 August 2016.
Africa Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (Africa CDC) Report Calls Strict Preventive Measures Before, During and After Travel to Rio-De Janeiro-2016 Olympic to Reduce the Risk of Zika Virus (ZIKV) Importation.
The 2016 Olympics and Paralympics will take place from 5-21 August and 7-18 September 2016 in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, as much as half a million people are expected to attend the event all over the world. The ZIKV outbreak in Brazil, poses a threat of potential importation to the African continent and a further threat of a global spread of the virus. This pressing threat is currently pending over the continent as ZIKV has started circulating in Cabo Verde and Guinea- Bissau.