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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 27 April 2016:The President of the Republic of Serbia, H.E. TomislavNikolic, has bestowed the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. NkosazanaDlaminiZuma, with the highest Order of the Republic of Serbia on strips.

The Ambassador of Serbia to Ethiopia and the African Union, H.E. Dragan Mraovic, delivered the Award, decorated the Chairperson and read out a special message in his capacity as the Special Envoy of the President of Serbia.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 27 April 2016: The Ambassador of the Republic of Togo to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union, H.E. Mr. Ekpao Nokali, has bid farewell to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. The outgoing Togolese Permanent Representative to the AU met with the AU Commission Chairperson at the AU Headquarters on Wednesday 27 April 2016.

Debrezeit, Ethiopia 26 – 28 March 2016: The Department of Human Resources, Sciences and Technology (HRST) convened an Expert’s Workshop on Skills Portability and the Development of a Continental Qualification Framework on 26th April, 2016, to review the expert report on Skills Portability at Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Continental Levels. The workshop focused on qualification frameworks and quality of skills development programmes in formal, informal and non-formal systems and across countries in a bid to harmonize the systems.

Addis Ababa, 26 April 2016 - The Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) is a strategic continental initiative which has the buy-in of all African countries, for mobilizing resources to transform Africa through modern infrastructure which will unlock the continent’s huge growth potential and put Africa on the path to accelerated economic and social development.

Bayreuth, Germany, 21 April 2016: H.E. Dr. Aisha Laraba Abdullahi, Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union Commission was represented by Amb. Salah S. Hammad, Senior. Human Rights Expert, at the 1st Model African Union, which was held in Bayreuth, Germany. The conference took place in Bayreuth from 21st to 24th April 2016.

The Model African Union was organized by the International Graduate School of African Studies-BIGSAS, at Bayreuth University in Germany under the theme “Towards a peaceful, prosperous and more integrated Africa”.