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March 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Corruption in Africa is robbing children of their right to a meaningful productive life, a new study shows. The study captures the sentiments of 33,000 children from around the continent, who expressed fear that the rising corruption is severely affecting their access to education and health. It cites informal payments in the form of outright bribes, gratitude payments or off-the-books fees, as one of the biggest forms of corruption affecting service provision for children in the education and health sectors.

Date: 11 March 2019

Message of Condolence on Ethiopian Airlines Flight Et302 Which Crashed on Sunday 10 March 2019 In Ethiopia

The African Union Economic Social and Cultural Council expresses its deep sympathies with those who lost loved ones aboard Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 which crashed on Sunday 10 March 2019 in #Ethiopia.

We are particularly saddened by the loss of two African diaspora experts who were traveling on board the flight to participate in ECOSOCC meetings in #Nairobi.

Yaoundé, Cameroon 11-12 March 2019: Following the first General Assembly of the Pan African University Alumni Association (PAUAA) that was held from 12-13 December 2017, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which resulted in the adoption of the Statute of the PAUAA and the election of the Bureau, a meeting of both the PAU Rectorate and PAU Alumni Executive Bureau was held at the PAU Rectorate Headquarters in Yaoundé Cameroon on 11-12 March 2019 whose aim was to stimulate the Executive Bureau of the Association to be more functional and effective.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7th March 2019: The African Union Commission Deputy Chairperson, H.E. Amb. Kwesi Quartey, today, held bilateral talks with H.E. Mrs. Yaprak Alp, the newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union, at the AU Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Amb. Quartey welcomed Mrs. Yaprak Alp, on behalf the Chairperson, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, to the African Union Headquarters and commended the Government of Turkey for the prudent management of her economy.