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The African Union to launch Africa CDC, a continent-wide Public Health Agency to safeguard Africa’s health
What: Launching of the Africa CDC
Highlights will include:
§ Ribbon cutting ceremony
§ Photo session after the ribbon cutting ceremony
Within the framework of the 28th AU summit Mrs. Leslie Richer, Director of Information and Communication; AUC will on Tuesday, 24th January 2017 at 16:00 hold a briefing on the logistics (Media) in regards to the 28th AU Summit.
The briefing will be held in Briefing Room 1, at the New AU Conference Center, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Journalists are invited to take part in the press briefing
Media contact
Molalet Tsedeke; Media Center Coordinator; Directorate of Information and Communication
DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
MEDIA ADVISORY
Invitation to Media Representatives
What: Dinner Reception to celebrate Leadership in Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in Africa
MEDIA ADVISORY
High Level Dialogue - Gender Equality and Education
When: 26 January, 2017
Within the framework of the 28th AU summit Mrs. Leslie Richer, Director of Information and Communication; AUC will on Tuesday, 24th January 2017 at 16:00 hold a briefing on the logistics (Media) in regards to the 28th AU Summit.
The briefing will be held in Briefing Room 1, at the New AU Conference Center, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Journalists are invited to take part in the press briefing
Media contact
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.
The 30th Ordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council kicks off in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 25th January 2017: The African Union (AU) Executive Council has emphasised the need for Africa to boost investment in Africa’s youth by promoting transformative and inclusive development agendas aimed at recognising the efforts by the youth in entrepreneurship and innovation.
