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Washington, August 16, 2018- The African Union Permeant Representative to the United States of America, Dr Arikana Chihombori-Quoa, has expressed profound sadness at the death of global music icon Aretha Franklin, who passed away today at her home in Detroit, USA.

Ms Franklin had batted Pancreatic Cancer for a long time and was visited by dozens of luminaries in the last few days of her life. She was surrounded by family and close friends at the time of her death.

Addis Ababa, 13 August 2018 - The African Union Leadership Academy concluded on 10 August 2018 a five-day executive development program with the Commissioners of the African Union (AU) Commission. The capacity development program took place in Cairo, Egypt from 6th to10th of August 2018.

Yaounde, Cameroon 8 August 2018 - The African Union Commission (AUC) organized a Special Mining Dialogue in Yaounde from 8-10 August 2018 with the purpose of organizing the Mining Private Sector in the Central African Mining Jurisdictions to form their own Central Africa Mining Association.

The PATTEC Coordination Office organized a two days consultative meeting with RECs at AU-IBAR premises, Nairobi, Kenya on 19 – 20 July 2018. The regional consultative meeting brought together Heads of Animal Resources Divisions drawn from ECCAS (Dr Baschirou Moussa Demsa), IGAD (Dr Agol Kwai), EAC (Dr David Balikowa) and COMESA (Dr Yoseph S. Mamo), staff of the PATTEC Coordination Office and AU-IBAR form AUC (Dr Gift Wanda, Prof James Wabacha, Dr Baboucar Jaw, Mr Girma Urgeacha, and Ms.