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The United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (UN-IDEP) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have launched an online course on: " Migration Policy, Free Movement and Regional Integration in Africa " from 14th November 2022. The course aims to guide middle and senior level policymakers in Regional Economic Communities (RECs); Public Policymakers from National Governments; Stakeholders representing National and Regional Civil Society Organizations on the formulation of national and regional migration policies that will enhance regional integration and actively contribute to the implementation of countries' development strategies and international agreements in the area of migration. It will provide participants with the required knowledge and the appropriate tools to develop coherent migration policies at local, country, regional, cross-regional and continental levels. For further details, please find attached the announcement,...

#AfricanForumOnMining: When Moderator Duties Go a-Calling at the Second African Forum on Mining in Addis Ababa : ADDIS ABABA  I had the priviledge of moderating a session on 4 October at the Julius Nyerere Hall of the AU's Peace & Security Building. The session was entitled "Resource-based Industrialization in Green Minerals Value Chains: The Case of Solar Power Systems & EVs". It featured Tatenda Mungofa , Nyasha Chasakara, kojo francis, Eddy Sebera When the personable Interim Director of African Minerals Development  Centre  (AMDC) Dr Marit Y. Kitaw approached me to remember the time and try to do it in thirty minutes, I swallowed hard. When Progranmes Officer for AMDC Mkhululi N Ncube reminded me not to go a minute beyond 30 minutes, my mouth went dry, knowing this was quite a feat of herculean proportions. How do I moderate a session empanelled by 4 "paragons of manufacturing virtue", as I put it somewhere in the moderation session, without offending...

                                                                                                                                  Swedish Government, KAIPTC strengthen capacities of regional actors to report on progress of WPS Agenda in Africa Accra Ghana: The Swedish Government, in partnership with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), is providing funding to train regional actors to better monitor and report on the implementation of the Women Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda in Africa, using the Continental Results Framework (CRF). Adopted by the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council in 2018, the CRF aims at enhancing regular and systematic monitoring and reporting of the WPS agenda in Africa and contribute to closing the gap between WPS policy commitment and implementation in Africa.  Two decades after the passage of the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 which is an important tool for advancing the WPS Agenda, the exclusion...

Media must serve as watchdogs against corruption - AU ABC Executive Secretary   by Marian Ansah,  Nairobi, Kenya The Executive Secretary of the African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption (AUABC), Charity Nchimunya, has emphasized the need for the media to join the Board's efforts in combating corruption.  Speaking at a media engagement workshop held in Nairobi, Ms. Nchimunya said the media can serve as a watchdog by exposing acts of corruption. The three-day workshop, which was organized by the AUABC in collaboration with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) office to the African Union (AU), kicked off with a presentation by  Dr. Scelo Zibagwe , Programme Planning Specialist at the AU who touched on governance, the rule of law, the AU's thirty-nine priority areas, 15 flagship projects, and seven aspirations.  The first day of the workshop saw Senior Policy Officer at the AU, Martha Munthali highlighting the African Union Convention on Preventing and Comb...

#COUNTDOWN TO SECOND AFRICAN FORUM ON MINING (#africanForumOnMining) by E K Bensah Jr Advocacy & Communications Unit, African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) With less than a week before the start of the second edition of the flagship African Forum on Mining, the Advocacy and Communications Unit at the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) has been blasting social media with important nuggets around the conference. Here are some excerpts from twitter feed on www.twitter.com/AfricanAMDC While a provisional programme is available, more details, including a dedicated website, will be communicated when practicable to do so. In the meantime, we invite you to follow our LinkedIn page (see below for latest post) and twitter pages for daily updates as we all count down to this important conference helping unpack Africa's Minerals governance: See you soon!

BREAKING : The Second Edition of IOM & AU's Flagship Africa Migration Report is Under Development. A tweet from twitter today reads: "What challenges will the 2nd Edition of Africa Migration Report #AMR address? What will it focus on? IOM, @AfricanUnion, & experts are meeting in #Addisababa to discuss this! Report builds on the 1st Ed. (2020), which addressed a range of issues that have recently come to light." APN-IOM Sensitization on Africa Migration Report * ENGLISH * MYTHS VERSUS REALITIES : https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ekbensah_freemovementinafrica-africanmigrationreport-activity-6932876034442711040-UeW7?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=android_app 2. HOW AFCFTA CAN HELP BOOST INTRA-AFRICAN MIGRATION: https://twitter.com/ApnMigration/status/1531227338100416513?t=PVCntHtvg_yEE9Q0vJ-QiQ&s=19 3. #Securitization of #Migration that leads to restrictions for overall movement of Africans within Africa ultimately impacts expansion of Freedom of Movemen...

NAIROBI HOSTS AU ANTICORRUPTION AGENCY MEDIA BRIEFING & TRAINING MEDIA ADVISORY . The progress on fighting corruption in Africa. What : African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption will brief the media on the progress that has been made in addressing issues of corruption on the continent. When : Tuesday, 27th September 2022. 10.30AM Where : Golden Tulip Hotel, Muthithi Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. Who : The briefing will be addressed by: Samuel Mbithi Kimeu, Board Member - African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption; and Charity Hanene Nchimunya, Executive Secretary - African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption * Background * The African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption provides a framework which State Parties can follow to combat corruption. Article 12 of the Convention has called upon State Parties to fully engage the Civil Society and Media in the fight against corruption. Recognizing the role that Media has in educating, informing, and acti...