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UPDATED: 21 May 2010 GMT
  • President Obama hosts the keynote event: a town hall for participants in the Forum at the White House (Photo: White House) President Obama Forum with Young African Leaders

    Africa finds itself at a moment of extraordinary promise and while today's challenges may lack some of the drama of 20th century liberation struggles, they ultimately may be even more meaningful, for it will be up to you, young people full of talent and imagination, to the Africa for the next 50 years

  • Somalia's crisis and the threat of al-Shabaab

    U.S. Assistance Secretary of State Johnnie Carson and US Ambassador to the AU Michael Battle meets with President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed of Somalia at AU Summit in Kampala. The objective of the US government is to see a peaceful and stable Somalia.

  • Remarks by Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr.

    President Obama recognizes the growing importance of the African Union; he understands that a stronger Africa means a stronger America; and he appreciates the work that you are leading to strengthen political and economic cooperation across this continent.

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USAID and African Union Sign Assistance Agreement
The agreement was signed by USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah and AU Commission Deputy Chairperson Erastus Mwencha and U.S. Mission to the African Union Acting Deputy Chife of Mission Lauren Ladenson at the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum in Washington, DC.

The Corporate Council on Africa Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Afric
Kampala, Uganda (July 22, 2010) – On the margins of the African Union Summit today, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr Jean Ping and the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) Board Chairman, Michael Dignam, signed a memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today to strengthen the longstanding partnership between the two organizations.

The session, sponsored by the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), marked the first among a series of formal and practical trainings that will be convened quarterly over the next two years.

Peace and Support Operations Center (PSOC) Functional Training
African Union Commission’s, Peace and Support Operations Division (PSOD) participated in a familiarization program that provided strategic level, operational level, and functional training.

High Level Conference on: “Africa: 53 Countries, One Union”
On May 21, 2010 in Bologna was held the high level conference “Africa, 53 Countries, One Union”, sponsored by the Foundation for World Wide Cooperation led by Romano Prodi, former Italian Premier and former European Commission president. Invited speakers, among many others, the UN Deputy Secretary Asha Rose Migiro,

U.S., African Union Conclude Historic Meeting
This is the first time we have ever had this level of discussion,” Battle said, and [we] look forward to moving ahead with a substantive, comprehensive relationship between the African Union as a regional continental body and the United States government.”

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President Obama holds a townhall meeting with the delegates-
"Africa finds itself at a moment of extraordinary promise.  And as I said last year, while today’s challenges may lack some of the drama of 20th century liberation struggles, they ultimately may be even more meaningful, for it will be up to you, young people full of talent and imagination, to build the Africa for the next 50 years"

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