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Shirley Botchwey assumes office as Commonwealth Secretary General
London, April 2: Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey assumed office as the Commonwealth's Secretary General on Tuesday. She is the second African and first African woman to lead the association of 56 countries which make up a third of the world's population and more than a quarter of the United Nations membership.
Newly elected leadership of AU Commission assumes office
Addis Ababa, March 14: The newly elected African Union (AU) Commission chairperson, deputy chairperson, and several commissioners have assumed office, following a handover ceremony at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, according to a press release.
38th African Union Summit focuses on reparations, leadership elections
Addis Ababa, Feb 17: The 38th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly of the Heads of State and Government opened at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, with focus on reparations and the election of senior AU Commission leadership.
African leaders call for immediate ceasefire in Congo
Dar Es Salaam, Feb 9: African leaders called for an "immediate ceasefire" in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and reaffirmed their full support for seeking a lasting solution to the ongoing conflict.
African officials pledge continuity of malaria financing amid donor uncertainties
Nairobi, Feb 5: The financing of malaria programmes across sub-Saharan Africa will continue as governments shift to domestic resources and plug shortfalls occasioned by the abrupt halt in support from Western donors, senior officials said Wednesday at a forum in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.