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February 26, 2021
Africa is committed to reach a consensus and adopt a common position that will advance Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE), at the national, regional and global levels. Ahead of the 65th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65) set from 15 to 26 March 2021, at the United Nations, New York, the African Union Commission in collaboration with the UN Women and UN Economic Commission of Africa, are convening the Africa Regional Consultations that will enable the continent speak with one voice at the New York meeting. The Common African Position is a framework that will detail the realization of inclusive, irreversible and measurable progress towards gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Who: The African Union through the Department of Trade and Industry, the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat in collaboration with the Ae Trade Group
Background: The African Union Heads of State and Government decided that its member states start trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement on 1st of January 2021. This was decided during their 13th Extraordinary Summit that was held on the 5th of December 2020. To mark the historic occasion, several activities were organized in the month of January 2021 by various stakeholders including the private sector.
It was in the same spirit that the Ae Trade Group, with several African business associations namely the African Business Council, the Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the East African Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, co organized an Appreciation Award ceremony for ten heads of States and Governm
- Ms. Amal Mahmoud Amar Khalifa (Egypt).
- Mr. Hocine Ait Chalal (Algeria).
The Advisory Board on Corruption is an organ of the African Union tasked with the unique responsibility to advice on and address corruption and related themes on the continent. The Board is also mandated to rally for the ratification and implementation by member states, the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (AUCPCC). The Convention was adopted in Maputo, Mozambique on 11 July 2003 and came into force in 2006. To date, the Convention has been ratified by 44 Member States of the African Union. Since adoption of the Convention, African states have made significant strides in the fight against corruption including the enactment of national laws and the creation of anti-corruption agencies.
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January 26, 2021
The thirty fourth (34th) Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) scheduled to take place on 6 and 7 February 2021 will hold under the theme: “Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want”. This theme of the year will be presented during the upcoming African Union Summit, by the lead Department of Social Affairs at the AUC. However, it is worth noting that, Africa is universally recognised for its rich arts and cultural diversity given that, African cultural heritage springs from different communities all over Africa. Therefore, cultural heritage, which is seen as an expression of the ways of living developed by a community and passed on from generation to generation, including customs, practices, places, objects, artistic expressions and values, will for the next twelve months, be at the centre of discussion in most events organised by the African Union.