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      34th AU Summit: New African Union Advisory Board on Corruption appointed
      34th AU Summit: New African Union Advisory Board on Corruption appointed
      10 February 2021

      Six (6) new Board Members of the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption have been appointed following their election by the African Union Executive Council ministerial meeting on the 4th of February 2021.

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      Swearing - in of Moussa Faki & Dr Monique Nsanzabaganwa as Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of The African Union Commission, Respectively
      Swearing - in of Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of The AU Commission
      7 February 2021

      The swearing-in ceremony took place during the 34th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, virtual meeting, holding under the auspices of the newly elected Chair of the Union, H.E. Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo.

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      34th AU Summit strives to ensure that, as a continental body, no country is left behind in the COVID-19 responses “as we enhance integration”
      34th AU Summit: "no country left behind in the COVID-19 responses"
      6 February 2021

      The COVID-19 pandemic remains a severe health emergency that has caused great suffering and hardship across the African continent and globally.

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      President Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, Takes Over as the New Chairperson of the African Union (AU) for 2021
      President Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, Takes Over as the New Chairperson
      6 February 2021

      The Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) have elected H.E. Felix- Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as the new Chairperson of the African Union for the year 2021.

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      Moussa Faki re-elected as Chairperson and Dr. Monique Nsanzabaganwa elected as 1st female Deputy Chairperson of the AU Commission
      Moussa Faki re-elected as Chairperson of the AU Commission
      6 February 2021

      The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union has re-elected Mo

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      Moussa Faki re-elected as Chairperson and Dr. Monique Nsanzabaganwa elected as 1st female Deputy Chairperson of the AU Commission
      Dr. Monique Nsanzabaganwa elected 1st female Deputy Chairperson
      6 February 2021

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      Statement by President Paul Kagame at the 34th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly
      2021-02-06
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      Speech of H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission On the occasion of the 34th Ordinary Session (Virtual) Of the Assembly of the African Union
      2021-02-06
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      Opening Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa On The Occasion Of the 34th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly
      2021-02-06
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      Discours d'acceptation de S.E. M. Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, Président entrant de l'Union africaine et Président de la République Démocratique du Congo à la 34ème Session Ordinaire de la Conférence de l'UA
      2021-02-06
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      34th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly
      34th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly
      6 February 2021

      What: Official opening of the Thirty-Fourth (34th) Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union (Video conference/Virtual).

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      38th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council
      38th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council
      3 February 2021

      Official opening of the thirty-eight (38th) Ordinary Session of the Executive Council (Video conference)

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      41st Ordinary Session of the AU Permanent Representatives’ Committee
      41st Ordinary Session of the AU PRC
      20 January 2021

      Opening of the 41st Ordinary Session of the AU Permanent Representatives’ Committee

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