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AU-UNECA Joint Ministerial Conference concludes with an urgent call for the Domestication of Agenda 2063 at Continental level aligned to the UN Agenda 2030

April 06, 2016
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 05 April 2016: The African Ministers of Finance, Planning, Economic Development and Integration concluded their 9th annual meeting on 5th April 2016 with a strong call for the domestication of Agenda 2063 and 2030 for Sustainable Development which they said, offers a unique opportunity for Africa to achieve inclusive and transformative development with equity. The Ministers further recognized the role of Regional integration through the RECs in the implementation of both developments agendas.

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The 8th College-to-College meeting between the African Union Commission and the European Commission, 7 April 2016 Addis-Ababa

April 07, 2016
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AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION - EUROPEAN COMMISSION

8th College-to-College Meeting Joint Communiqué

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7 April 2016

Today, the African Union (AU) Commission and the European Commission held the 8th College-to-College meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was hosted by the African Union Commission, under the co-chairmanship of its Chairperson, Dr Nkosazana C. Dlamini Zuma and the Vice-President of the European Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini.

African States urged to embrace the African Peer Review Mechanism

April 05, 2016
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 4th April 2016 - H.E Mr. Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) on 1st April 2016, received in audience the Chief Executive Officer of the APRM Secretariat, Professor. Eddie Maloka, who briefed him about the just concluded Expert Group Meeting on the revitalization of the African Peer Review Mechanism held at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Professor Maloka expressed his optimism and keenness on the revitalization of APRM.

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Joint AUC/ECA Press Conference on Ministerial Meeting of Finance, Planning, Economic Development and Integration

April 05, 2016
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 05 April2016: H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and H.E Mr. Georges Wembi Lwambo , Minister of Planning of the Democratic Republic of Congo, had a press conference immediately after the closing of the joint AU-UNECA Ministerial Conference on Finance, Planning, Economic Development and Integration.

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AU-UNECA Joint Ministerial Conference concludes with an urgent call for the Domestication of Agenda 2063 at Continental level aligned to the UN Agenda 2030

April 05, 2016
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 05 April 2016: The African Ministers of Finance, Planning, Economic Development and Integration concluded their 9th annual meeting on 5th April 2016 with a strong call for the domestication of Agenda 2063 and 2030 for Sustainable Development which they said, offers a unique opportunity for Africa to achieve inclusive and transformative development with equity. The Ministers further recognized the role of Regional integration through the RECs in the implementation of both developments agendas.

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The AUC Chairperson approves the deployment of African Union Short Term Election Observation Missions to Djibouti and Chad.

April 05, 2016
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Addis-Ababa, 5 April 2016: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has authorized the deployment of the Short Term Electoral Observation Missions (AUEOM) for the Presidential Elections scheduled for 8 April 2016 in the Republic of Djibouti and on 10 April 2016 in the Republic of Chad.

The missions will be undertaken from 06 to 14 April 2016 and will be led respectively by:

Ø Djibouti : H.E. Soumana Sako, Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Mali

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Roundtable on Governance Issues in the Multi-Stakeholder Responses to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in West Africa

April 05, 2016
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 4th April 2016: The Department of Social Affairs held a joint high-level roundtable to discuss governance issues in the multi-stakeholder responses to the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa in partnership with the Institute for Peace and Security Studies, Addis Ababa University; the African Peace Building Network Program of the Social Science Research Council; the Oxfam International Liaison Office with the AU; and the UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa.

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AU Commission Chairperson and Congolese PM discuss socio-economic and political progress of the DR Congo

April 05, 2016
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 4 April 2016: The African Union Commission Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, and the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, H.E. Augustine Mataa Ponyo, met on Monday, 4 April 2016, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

They met on the margins of the 9th Joint Annual Meetings of the African Union Specialised Technical Committee on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration and the Economic Commission of Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.

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