The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has appointed Mr. Edem Kodjo, Former Prime Minister of Togo and Former Secretary- General of the OAU, as the Facilitator for the national dialogue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The appointment of Mr. Edem Kodjo aims at assisting in convening […]
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Imani Launches First Full-Scale Africa Lawyers on Demand Service
Imani will offer tailored, world-class legal services across African continent and across all industries on demand basis The firm is recruiting 60 lawyers and is projected to grow to 400 lawyers within 16 months Imani combines flexibility of an in-house resource with support and quality assurance of a major law firm Firm will offer support […]
The seventeenth Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa concludes with Renewed commitment by the AU and UN regional offices to strengthen cooperation ties for result base partnership
The seventeenth Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) for Africa concluded on Sunday 3rdApril 2016 at the United Nations for Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Conference Center in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. The meeting evoked solid recommendations for strengthening of partnerships between the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) agencies and regional offices in Africa for […]
UK announces new £4 million programme to support Ghana's general elections
Good afternoon everyone and thank you all for sparing the time to join us in formally announcing our new Deepening Democratic Governance Programme. My name is Desmond Swayne and I am the Minister of State for the Department of International Development. I am visiting as Ghana is seven months away from holding Presidential and Parliamentary […]
Commissioner Johannes Hahn visits Tunisia
Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, will be in Tunisia on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 April. Commissioner Hahn will meet key interlocutors of the country – including President Beji Caid Essebsi, Prime Minister Habib Essid, Minister of Foreign Affairs Khemaies Jhinaoui, Minister of Development & International Cooperation Yassine Brahim, Minister […]
12th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Partnership Platform
What: The 12th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development (CAADP) Partnership Platform (PP) Meeting is an annual continental forum which brings together stakeholders in African agriculture and food security. CAADP aims to address challenges in order to consolidate and accelerate progress towards agricultural transformation in Africa. Date: April 12-14, 2016 Who: Organised by the African Union Commission […]
Statement by IMF Deputy Managing Director Min Zhu on Angola
Mr. Min Zhu, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today: “We have received a formal request from the Angolan authorities to initiate discussions on an economic program that could be supported by financial assistance from the IMF. “The sharp decline in oil prices since mid-2014 represents a major […]
Angola is committed to economic diversification with the support of the IMF
The Government of Angola is aware that the high reliance on the oil sector represents a vulnerability to the public finances and the economy more broadly. The sustained efforts over many years to promote economic diversification have already resulted in a significant increase in the contribution of the non-oil sector to GDP to 69,1% percent […]
IMF Staff Completes Review Mission to Uganda
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Roger Nord, IMF Mission Chief and Deputy Director of the African Department, visited Kampala from March 21 to April 6, to conduct the sixth review of Uganda’s economic program supported by the Policy Support Instrument (PSI).[1] At the end of the mission, Mr. Nord issued […]
Deputy Chairperson Erastus Mwencha presides at the launching of the new African Union Information Technology (IT) data center
The African Union Commission through its Management and Information System (MIS) Unit on 5 April 2016 inaugurated the New IT Data Centre at its headquarters. During the launching ceremony, the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E Mr. Erastus Mwencha thanked the attendees for coming to witness the opening of this landmark development at […]