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The Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat swears-in

The Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat swears-in

19 Mar 20  News
The newly elected Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, H.E. Wamkele Mene swore in today as the first ever Secretary General (SG). The...
2019 African Regional Integration Report: Voices of the RECs

2019 African Regional Integration Report: Voices of the RECs

03 Mar 20  News
Towards an integrated and prosperous and peaceful Africa This report first presents the historical context of the African integration process and the progress of African leaders t...
Joint Communiqué: 10th African Union Commission – European Commission Meeting

Joint Communiqué: 10th African Union Commission – European Commission Meeting

02 Mar 20  News
The 10th AUC-EC Commission-to-Commission (C2C) meeting was held at the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa on 27 February. The meeting was co-chaired by the Chairper...
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

20 Feb 20  News
Ministers of Health of AU member states will meet this weekend to discuss a continental strategy for preparedness and response to the coronavirus disease outbreak. The ministers wi...
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

18 Feb 20  News
Diarise: Special Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa ( 24 February, Victoria Falls). The session will focus on leveraging the Decade of Action for the re...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection

13 Feb 20  News
Posted by the African Union: African Innovation Outlook III Extract from Chapter 3: Status of innovation performance (pdf). This chapter presents the status of innovation performa...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection

12 Feb 20  News
Posted by the AU: 2nd biennial review report on the implementation of the Malabo Declaration AfCFTA: How prepared is Africa for July 1st? (CNBC Africa) The Commissioner for Trade...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection

11 Feb 20  News
Posted in Addis: The 2020 AU Handbook US revokes WTO subsidy preferences for South Africa and some other countries (Bloomberg, Fin24) The Trump administration is changing a key e...
Acceptance Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on assuming the Chair of the African Union for 2020

Acceptance Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on assuming the Chair of the African Union for 2020

10 Feb 20  News
Speech delivered at the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union I stand before you immensely humbled by this great honour ...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection

10 Feb 20  News
AU Summit updates: Featured tweet by Prudence Sebahizi (Head of AfCFTA Interim Secretariat): Congratulations to HE Mr Wamkele Mene, SG of the AfCFTA Secretariat. Young and vibrant...
tralac’s Daily News Selection

tralac’s Daily News Selection

07 Feb 20  News
The shortlisted candidates for General Secretary of AfCFTA: Nigeria’s Cecilia Akintomide has served as a former VP and General Secretary of the of the AfDB; South ...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection

03 Feb 20  News
AU Summit timeline 36th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council (6-7 February). The Executive Council will consider the draft agenda and the draft decisions and declarations...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection

28 Jan 20  News
South Africa’s six strategic objectives during its Chairship of the African Union: keynote address by President Ramaphosa (The Presidency) At the same time, we are presented wit...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection

22 Jan 20  News
Underway in Addis Ababa: The 33rd AU Summit kicks off with the 39th Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee For two days, the 39th Session of the PRC will consider the ...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection

20 Jan 20  News
Today, in London: The UK-Africa Investment Summit Growth Gateway announced at UK-Africa Investment Summit The service will help businesses access the UK government’s t...
African Union Agenda 2063

African Union Agenda 2063

19 Dec 19  Resource
How, according to the Founders, will the AfCFTA Agreement be implemented and the Continental Free Trade Area come about?

How, according to the Founders, will the AfCFTA Agreement be implemented and the Continental Free Trade Area come about?

17 Dec 19  Blog
The objectives behind the AfCFTA are ambitious and wide-ranging. A careful reading of the texts of the founding instruments is necessary to understand the nature and sequencing of ...
Observer status for the African Union at the WTO

Observer status for the African Union at the WTO

17 Dec 19  Blog
On 17 November 2019, Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chair of the African Union Commission (AUC), sent a letter to Ms Sunanta Kangvalkulkij, Chair of the General Council of the World Trade...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection

11 Dec 19  News
Gender-sensitive policy recommendations to support women cross-border traders in Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia  (UNCTAD) Recommendations on Enabling Business Environment and Forma...
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tralac’s Daily News Selection

09 Dec 19  News
Key AfCFTA meetings begin on Monday in Accra, culminating in the African Trade Ministerial meeting this weekend (Ghana News Agency) Ghana, under the auspices of its Ministry of Tr...

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