AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. P. O. Box 3243 Telephone: 5517 700 Fax: 5511299 website : www. africa-union.org Directorate of Information and Communication, African Union Commission PRESS RELEASE The Commissioner for Political Affairs met with the Newly Elected Chairperson of the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption (AU-ABC) Addis Ababa, 16 May 2015: H.E. Dr. Aisha Laraba Abdullahi, Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union (AU) met with the newly elected Chairperson of the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption, H.E. Mr. Daniel Batidam who was accompanied by Dr. Bourguele Bhare Alfred, the AUABC’s Senior Policy Officer for Political and Legal Matters. During the meeting, Commissioner Abdullahi welcomed the AU-ABC’s Delegation to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She congratulated Mr.Batidamon hiselection as the Chairperson of the continental anticorruption body. Dr. Abdullahi and her team briefed the Delegation on the mandate of the Department of Political Affairs of the African Union Commission and the African Governance Architecture and its Platform. According to the Commissioner, “a successful fight against corruption in Africa is a pre-requisite condition for the accomplishment of the African Development Agenda 2063”. Based on this conclusion, the meeting extensively discussed the challenge of corruption on the continent and its effects on development in AU Member States. It also highlighted recommendations on how the AU-ABC can partner with relevant stakeholders on democratic governance in the fight against corruption and other related offences in Member states. Finally, the two organs of the African Unionagreed on how to improve their working relationship in the fight against corruption in Africa. For further information please contact: Mr. Yusuf Mohammed, Office of the Commissioner for Political Affairs, Mohammedy@africa-union.org, Tel: +251-11-551 77 00 For further information contact Directorate of Information and Communication | African Union Commission I E-mail: dinfo@african-union.org I Web Site: www.au.int I Addis Ababa | Ethiopia Follow us Face book: https://www.facebook.com/AfricanUnionCommission 1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/_AfricanUnion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/AUCommission Learn more at: http://www.au.int 2
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