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Every stakeholder including the private sector, civil society, research institutions and the media has an important role to play in advancing industrialization in Africa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: 25th September 2019, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the AUC Directorate of Information and Communication (DIC) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) – AU office, convened a Media Orientation workshop on Africa’s industrialization on 25th to 26th September 2019 to capacitate the media to report competently on industrialization.
National Ownership Key to Accelerating PIDA implementation
AUC Commissioner, H.E Josefa Sacko appointed Global Leader in the fight against malnutrition
September 25, 2019, New York; USA- Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture at the African Union Commission, H.E Amb. Josefa Sacko has been appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterre to the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group, to fight malnutrition.
Meeting of the Joint AU-EU-UN Taskforce to Address the Migrant and Refugee Situation in Libya
The AU–EU–UN Tripartite Taskforce on the Situation of Stranded Migrant and Refugees in Libya met this morning in New York in the margins of the high-level General Debate of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly.
The African Union Sub-Committee of Directors General of Customs addresses the role of Customs in the Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
Kampala, Uganda – 21 September 2019. The Department of Trade and Industry of the African Union Commission (AUC) organized in partnership with Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), the 11th African Union Sub-Committee of Directors General of Customs Meeting from 16-20 September 2019 in Kampala, Uganda under the theme: “Entry into force of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) - Implications for African Customs administrations”.
Joint Press Release: Third Auc-Nanhri Policy Forum On The State Of Human Rights In Africa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 5 September 2019: More than 100 delegates drawn from African states’ ambassadors to the African Union and representatives of African National Human Rights Institutions, Civil Society Organizations and Development Partners are gathered in Addis Ababa for the Annual Policy Forum on the State of National Human Rights Institutions in Africa. The Forum is focusing on the theme durable and sustainable solutions to forced displacements in Africa.
Statement by the AU Commissioner for Political Affairs in commemoration of the International Day of Democracy
Addis Ababa, 15 September 2019: This year, the world celebrates the International Day of Democracy under the theme “Participation”. On behalf of the African Union Commission, H.E. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs, welcomes this theme, which provides a golden opportunity to reaffirm the role of the people in the promotion and sustenance of democracy in the world and Africa in particular.
Call for Papers: AU ECHO 2020
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 19, 2019: In July 2019, at the 35th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council, the Council adopted the Theme of “Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Development” as the theme of the year 2020.
African Union Commission rolls out a tool for evaluating African regional integration agenda
Lusaka, Zambia, 20, September, 2019; For several decades, integration has been recognized as a critical component for the development of the African Continent. Article 3 of the Constitutive Act of the African Union (AU) sets out the key objectives, including, accelerating the political and socio-economic integration of the continent and promoting sustainable development at the economic, social and cultural levels as well as the integration of African economies.









