{"id":320943,"date":"2021-02-05T10:52:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T10:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egy-africa.com\/en\/?p=320943"},"modified":"2021-02-06T10:56:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T10:56:45","slug":"african-union-withstands-exceptional-situation-caused-by-pandemic-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egy-africa.com\/en\/2021\/02\/05\/african-union-withstands-exceptional-situation-caused-by-pandemic-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"African Union withstands \u201cexceptional situation\u201d caused by pandemic, Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the \u201cexceptional situation\u201d caused by COVID-19, he African Union (AU)\u2019s attention has not been diverted from Africa\u2019s priority issues, according to Chairperson of he African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahama.<\/p>\n<p>Although the COVID-19 pandemic \u201chas totally changed the working methods of the AU, it has not diverted the attention of the Union from the continent\u2019s priority issues,\u201d Mahamat said during the 38th Ordinary Session of the AU Executive Council held on Wednesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Mahamat expressed his hope that \u201cthe year 2021, despite the concerns related to new variants of COVID-19, will be prosperous and more fruitful in terms of achieving the developmental objectives of the continent and the world in general.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Listing a set of achievements in regional integration such as the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area and the Single African Air Transport Market, the chairperson also emphasized notable achievements in other areas such as infrastructure, democratic governance, peace and security, institutional reform, health, social affairs and science and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuilding the future of our Union means harnessing ourselves, in a permanent concerted effort, to meet all these challenges, gradually, methodically, in the continuity of our Founding Fathers\u2019 dream,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Naledi Pandor, chairperson of the <a href=\"https:\/\/au.int\/en\/executivecouncil\">African Union Executive Council<\/a>, also minister of international relations and cooperation of South Africa, said in her opening remarks \u201cWhile we are not yet at a level that allows a focus on post-COVID-19 recovery, it will be logical to use our precious unity to devise solutions that allow Africa to grow together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The virtual session of the AU Executive Council meeting under the theme of \u201cArts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want\u201d gathered ministers of the 55-member pan-African bloc to consider the draft agenda and declarations of the assembly with appropriate recommendations for consideration by the African Union heads of state and government, whose session is slated for Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the \u201cexceptional situation\u201d caused by COVID-19, he African Union (AU)\u2019s attention has not been diverted from Africa\u2019s priority issues, according to Chairperson of he African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":320944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-320943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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