What to expect at the AU’s Nouakchott summit

Corruption, AU reform and South Sudan are among the main discussion points for African leaders.

Date: 2018-06-26

Time: 10:00 to 12:30

Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel, Kazanchis, Addis Ababa

RSVP: Mariamawit Wole, Phone: +251 1 515 6320, Email: [email protected]

This seminar will discuss issues on the agenda of the upcoming African Union (AU) summit in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Key among these are Africa’s fight against corruption, the status of the AU reform process, as well as pressing peace and security issues like South Sudan and the future of European Union funding for African peace operations.

The latest issue of the ISS PSC Report, which focuses on the AU summit, will be available at the seminar.

Chair: Omar S Mahmood, Researcher, ISS Addis Ababa

Speakers:

Dr Yann Bedzigui, PSC Report Researcher, ISS Addis Ababa

Dr Apollos Nwafor, Pan-African Director, Liaison Office to the AU, Oxfam

Dr Ndubuisi Christian Ani, PSC Report Researcher, ISS Addis Ababa

Picture: UN Women/Flickr – Bineta Diop, Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security, African Union