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AUC signs memorandum of understanding with UNAIDS for a better response to HIV/AIDS
The MoU was signed by H.E. Amira Elfadil Mohammed the Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development and H.E. Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, UNAIDS
Climate crisis: Red Cross report calls for immediate action to protect communities in Africa
Addis/Nairobi, 17 March 2021 – Guided by the findings of its World Disasters Report, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is embarking on an ambitious strategic direction aimed at eradicating hunger by 2030 in Africa, while mitigating climate change. One of the flagship climate adaptation actions is the plantation of five billion trees by the end of the decade.
Facilitating the Development and Modernization of the Bioenergy Sector in Africa
The African Union Commission (AUC) through its specialized agency, the African Energy Commission (AFREC) in collaboration with Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), organised the eighth Bioenergy Week on 16-18 March 2021.
AUC Chairperson Receives Letters of Credence of H.E. Ms. Jainaba Jagne, Ambassador of the Gambia to the African Union
The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, received on 11 March 2021, the credentials of H.E. Ms. Jainaba Jagne, the new Ambassador of the Republic of The Gambia and Permanent Representative to the African Union, at the AU Commission Headquarters in Addis Ababa.
AUC Chairperson Receives Letters of Credence of H.E. Mr. Mahamat Ali Hassan, New Ambassador of the Republic of Chad to the African Union
The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, on 11 March 2021, received the credentials of H.E. Mr. Mahamat Ali Hassan, the newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Chad to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union.
The Republic of Zimbabwe signs the Treaty for the establishment of the African Medicines Agency (AMA)
The Republic of Zimbabwe becomes the nineteenth (19th) African Union (AU) Member State to sign the Treaty for the establishment of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) on 16 March 2021, at the AU Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Republic of Ghana deposits the instrument of ratification of the African Medicines Agency
The Republic of Ghana becomes the sixth (6th) Member State to deposit the instrument of ratification of the African Medicines Agency (AMA).
Swearing-in of elected AUC Commissioners Handing over ceremony of duties between the incoming and outgoing Commissioners of the African Union
The swearing-in ceremony took place under the auspices of the newly elected Chairperson, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat and Deputy Chairperson, H.E. Dr. Monique Nsanzabaganwa of the African Union Commission (AUC)
Official Inauguration of the African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration
The AU Commission will launch the African Centre for the Study and Research on Migration (CARIM) in Bamako, Mali on the 19th March 2021. CARIM will serve as a specialized technical office to advance the knowledge base of the African continent on migration and mobility, and contribute to evidence-based interventions on migration in Africa. This follows the inauguration of the African Migration Observatory (the Observatory) which was launched in Rabat, Morocco on 18 December 2021.









