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New York, 8th August 2019 – The Office of the Legal Counsel of the African Union held a workshop with the Legal Advisors of the African Group Members of the United Nations in New York to discuss the scope and application of the principle of Universal Jurisdiction, which is on the Agenda of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) since it’s 64th Session.
The African Union in partnership with GIZ and IOM will award media personalities
with the best pitch stories to change the narrative of the continent.
The winner will recived $2000 facilitate the development of these stories.
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Addis Ababa, 25 July 2019, Today, the African continent celebrates the Africa Day of Seas and Oceans, and in my capacity as the African Union’s Commissioner in charge of Rural Economy and Agriculture which includes the environment portfolio and by extension the Blue Economy component, I would like to take this opportunity to extend my sincere congratulations to all African Union Member States, Regional Economic Communities and partners and wish them joyful commemorations.
Speakers:
Leslie Richer and Victoria Maloka
Panellists: Stephanie Busari; Jamila Mohammed; Harry Hare; Josephine Karungi; Ferial Haffajee; Teressa Ndanga
Welcome Remarks
• Dr. Yemisi Akinbobola – Co-Founder, African Women in Media
• Professor Margaret Kobia PhD, MGH- Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Public Service, Youth & Gender Affairs
Keynote
Dr Dorothy Njoroge- Chairperson, Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK)
Ibadan, Nigeria: The Pan African University Institute for Life and Earth Sciences including Health and Agriculture (PAULESI) held its Matriculation Ceremony of the 2018-2019 academic year on 12 July 2019.
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The regional headquarters of the A-eTrade Group for Southern Africa and West Africa have been awarded to the Kingdom of Eswatini and the Republic of Guinea respectively, two Member States of the African Union
The Republic of Kenya has been facing recurrent episodes of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) since the virus was first discovered in
the Rift Valley area of Kenya in the early 1900s. Between June 2018 and April 2019, Kenya declared two outbreaks of RVF and requested African Union support. As an institution of the African Union, Africa CDC provided support through its Eastern Africa Regional Collaborating Centre.
Since August 2018, African Union – through Africa CDC – has been supporting the Government
of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in responding to its tenth Ebola outbreak.
Addis Ababa, 3 July 2019: The tragic bombing of the Tajoura Detention Centre that killed more than forty migrants and refugees is a reminder of the human cost of the conflict in Libya as well as the dire and vulnerable situation of civilians, including migrants and refugees, caught up in the spiral of the conflict that has engulfed the country.
