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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 22nd – 23rd January 2017:- The 29th session of the Gender is My Agenda (GIMAC) Pre-Summit consultative meeting kicked off, Sunday, January 22nd, 2017 at the United Nations Economic Commission of Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme “Gender Inclusive Youth Empowerment and Development for a Peaceful and Prosperous Africa,” which is in sync with African Union theme of “Harnessing The Demographic Dividend Through Investment In Youth.”

1.    Following the Decision of the Summit of the ECOWAS Authority taken on 17th December 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria, Mediation efforts, including visits to Banjul, were undertaken by the Chair of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, HE President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Mediator, HE  President Muhammadu Buhari and Co-Mediator on The Gambia, HE former President John Dramani Mahama, along with HE President Ernest Bai Koroma to mediate on the political impasse with Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya A. J. J. Jammeh.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 21 January 2017: The African Union Commission Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has welcomed the decision of Mr Yahya Jammeh to step-down and depart from the presidency of The Gambia in a bloodless transition of power. The transition is significant in that it is the first peaceful transfer of power in the Islamic Republic of The Gambia since the country’s independence in 1965.