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‘Currently 179 life-saving Mine Action projects are taking place in 22 countries, many of which are in Africa’, Colonel Nurudeen Azeez, Head of the Operational Support and Advisory Unit at UNOAU, underscored at this year’s…

H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, President of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly made an official visit to Addis Ababa from 28 February to 1 March 2018. The main purpose of his visit was to engage stakeholders in…

The UNOAU Chief of Staff, Ms. Nathalie Ndongo-Seh, attended the inauguration ceremony of the African Standby Force (ASF) Continental Logistics Base on 5 th January, 2018. This base is located in Douala in the Republic of…

The Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) and Benin hosted the second meeting of the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) on the African Union (AU) Additional Support to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) against Boko Haram in…

UNOAU hosted the UN Liaison Team in Ethiopia in its premises in December. In this meeting, key issues of common concern in relation to the work of the UN and the African Union were discussed.

Members of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) visited Addis Ababa from 7-8 December, 2017. The objective of the visit was to further strengthen cooperation with the African Union (AU) in the areas of conflict…

Members of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) visited Addis Ababa from 7-8 December, 2017. The objective of the visit was to further strengthen cooperation with the African Union (AU) in the areas of conflict…

The 11 th United Nations – African Union – Regional Economic Communities and Regional Mechanisms (RECs/RMs) Consultative Meeting on the Prevention and Management of Conflict took place in Addis Ababa in the beginning of…

Fifty senior female police officers met in Addis Ababa for a first of its kind preparatory course that would build a fast-track pipeline for the nominations of women to advance in policing at a leadership level. This course…

In October, UNOAU also sat with the Ambassador of Kenya, H.E. Catherine Mwangi. Read full interview below As one of the few female Ambassadors sitting in the AU PSC, what would you say that the presence of female members /…

The UN Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Youth cluster convened for a consultative meeting with experts from the African Union Women, Gender and Development Directorate (WGDD) to deliberate on the the latter's…

SRSG Menkerios and a UNOAU team met with a delegation from the European Union Delegation to the African Union. The purpose of this meeting was to (re)invigorate relations and also to discuss ways for enhancing cooperation…