Tunis is hosting this April 29-30 the eighth Joint Retreat of the African Union Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) and the African Union Commission (AUC) in preparation of the first Coordination Summit between the African Union and the eight Regional Economic Communities scheduled to take place in Niamey, Niger in July. The forthcoming Niamey Summit in July 2019 will actually be the first meeting to focus on means and solutions likely to boost cooperation between the AU and African Regional Economic Communities, he underlined. Taking the floor, AUC President Moussa Faki Mahamat stressed the need for a larger political unity, the urgency to deepen integration and reinforce the AU. “Salvation lies in integration,” he insisted, laying emphasis on the importance of the commitment of all for a total mobilization to strengthen the African Union. African ambassadors to the AU in Addis-Ababa and AUC senior officials took part in the meeting, TAP said.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 29, 2019 18:00 UTC