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AU, ARC launch gender disaster risk management platform

May 11, 2021BEHAK

The African Union (AU) and the African Risk Capacity (ARC), have launched the Gender and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) platform.

Ethiopia joins International Congress and Convention Association

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021BEHAK

Ethiopian Convention Bureau (MICE) Ethiopia joins the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA).

Experts’ meeting takes stock of Africa’s achievements

March 20, 2021March 20, 2021BEHAK

The 39th ECA Committee of Experts of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development on Friday discussed the Regional Coordination Mechanism of the UN agencies working in Africa’s (RCM-Africa) work in supporting the African Union’s programs, in particular the need to accelerate implementation of the global 2030 Agenda and Africa’s Agenda […]

AU approves start of African Continental Free Trade Area training

December 7, 2020newbusinessethiopianews

African leaders at a summit today have approved that trading should start on 1 January next year as scheduled on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement and requested African financial institutions to provide technical and financial support for its implementation.

European Commission President arrives Ethiopia

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020NBE

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, today arrived Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to attend the 10th round of African Union (AU)- European Union (EU) Commission-to-Commission meeting.

Africa-Europe cookbook launched in Addis

December 13, 2019December 13, 2019newbusinessethiopianews

A cookbook comprising cuisines of different countries from Africa and Europe is launched in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia last week.

Guinea to host AU’s Africa Mining Development Center

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019

Conakry, the capital of Guinea is selected to host the headquarters of Africa Union’s specialized agency on minerals development, Africa Mining Development Center (AMDC).

Regional block calls for Somalia Debt cancellation

February 16, 2019

The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Ambassador Mahboub Maalim, expresses support for the African Union’s (AU’s) call for the cancellation of Somalia’s debt.

AU pleas donors to sustain Greet Green Wall program

August 3, 2018August 3, 2018

The Africa Union Commission (AUC) urges international development partners of the continent to finance its Greet Green Wall program, which aims to restore one billion hectares of African forest by 2063 with a total investment of some $200 billion.

United States commends AU’s reform efforts

July 3, 2018July 3, 2018

The United States commends the African Union (AU) on the 31st AU Summit, held in Nouakchott, Mauritania that reinforced important efforts to reform the AU. The reform is a process the United States supports and believes will ensure the AU is better positioned to solve regional issues in the coming years, the statement said.

Regional organisations condemn bomb Addis Ababa bomb attack

June 25, 2018June 25, 2018

The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat and chief of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) strongly condemned “the cowardly attack” that that took place during a rally in Addis Ababa in support of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s reform agenda and efforts.