Press Release: African Union Commission and European Commission meet to address shared EU-Africa challenges

On 5 April 2016, the African Union Commission and the European Commission announced their annual College-to-College meeting. That annual meeting was the biggest political meeting of the year between the European Union and Africa.

The College-to-College meeting to take place in Addis Ababa on 6 April 2016. The topics of discussions to cover various themes across the five priorities of the Joint Africa EU-Strategy (JAES) Roadmap 2014-17 with a focus on peace, security, migration, sustainable economic growth and development.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background Information: The EU-Africa Partnership http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-the-eu-africa-partnership/

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: MEMO/16/1208, 05.04.16: The Africa-EU Partnership http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-16-1208_en.htm

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