The AU Director of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, Cisse Mohamed, announced this in a statement issued from Addis Ababa on Friday.
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This follows the evolving situation in the West African country in which the civilian interim President Bah N’Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were ousted in a second coup.
The President said at a time Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has just planted Nigeria’s flag firmly in the international skyline by emerging the first woman Director-General of World Trade Organization, Prof Fuwape has equally kept the flag fluttering proudly.
Buhari made the call at the 14th extraordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union on “Silencing the Gun”, held virtually on Sunday
Buhari made the call at the 13th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government held virtually on Saturday
Kafala is a system used to monitor migrant labourers working primarily in the construction and domestic sectors in Gulf Cooperation Council member states, which was erroneously bought into by some African countries several years ago.
Africa CDC also said the death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic climbed to 31,056.
Moderated by Olawale Rasheed of the African Railway Roundtable, the webinar was organised by the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD and facilitated by the agency’s Project Advisor, Louis Napo Gnagbe, with top railway and infrastructure leaders on the continent participating.
Broadcast on multiple electronic and digital media channels in Africa, the Concert, staged under the theme: “Health Security in the Context of COVID-19,” and featuring electrifying and inspiring live performances from more than 20 African music superstars, also conveyed motivating messages to viewers using the tag: #StrongerTogether #StrongerthanCovid.
Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Monday, said President Buhari stated this in a message to African leaders to mark the “Africa Day 2020”.
The Director-General of the organisation, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the announcement during the launch of the ACT Accelerator — via webinar from Geneva
Africa’s response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak received a boost on Monday as the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the Government of Ethiopia received a consignment of medical equipment from the Jack Ma and Alibaba Foundations.
When Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was named by the African Union as its first “anti-corruption champion in Africa” in 2018, he called on member states to “invest in institutions to entrench transparency and accountability.”
In an opening remarks to a special session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa, which was part of the sixth session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD 2020), Mohammed said the significance of the AU as a strategic partner of the United Nations cannot be overstated
The Executive Council of the African Union has supported Dr. Akinwumi Adesina’s candidacy for a second term as President of the African Development Bank.
The Economic, Social and Cultural Council, one of the organs of the African Union, on Wednesday alleged that western interests are sponsoring Amnesty International to destabilise Nigeria.
Residents on both sides of the road along the airport expressway publicly expressed their disapproval by booing the convoy, shouting in Hausa: “Ba ma so, Ba Ma yi,” which roughly translates: “We don’t like it, we won’t do it.”
Speaking at a meeting with the Executive Committee members of the Nigerian Community in Ethiopia, the President appealed to all Nigerians to support and cooperate with security agencies who are ready to defend and preserve the unity of the country
The President spoke at a High Level meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council on the State of Peace and Security in Africa at the 33rd AU Summit
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the President’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmed, confirmed this development on his Twitter account on Friday evening