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Intergenerational panel comprising of children from AU Member States, a member of the ACEWRC and representatives from UNICEF Burkina Faso, and Plan International Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, 16 June 2021 – The African Union International Centre for Girls and Women’s Education in Africa (AU/CIEFFA) convened a special intergenerational dialogue in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to celebrate the Day of the African Child (DAC) on the 16th of June under the theme “Safeguarding the future of our children by ensuring the return of all African girls to school in the context of COVID-19”.

The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria becomes the ninth (9th) Member State to deposit the instrument of ratification of the African Medicines Agency (AMA). The Republic of Algeria ratified the Treaty for the establishment of AMA on 10 June 2021 and deposited the instrument of accession, to the Commission of the African Union (AU) on 22 June 2021 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. H.E. Amira Elfadil Mohamed, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, at the African Union Commission, received the instrument from H.E.