ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 2, 2016/APO (African Press Organization)/ —
The Directorate of Information and Communication (DIC) of the African Union announces that the online accreditation process for the coverage of the 27th African Union (AU) Summit, scheduled for 10 to 18 July 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda has been launched on the AU website: www.au.int.
Journalists interested in covering the upcoming AU Summit should register through the following link: http://au.int/en/summit/27/accreditation
A media advisory note explaining all the detailed arrangements for media coverage of the 27th AU Summit is posted on the Summit web page: http://au.int/en/summit/27
Meanwhile representatives of the media are kindly informed that the 27th African Union Summit is scheduled to take place as follows:
Sunday 10 to Tuesday 12 July 2016: Thirty second (32nd ) Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC)
Wednesday 13 to Friday 15 July 2016 : Twenty ninth (29th ) Ordinary Session of the Executive Council
Sunday 17 to Monday 18 July 2016 : Twenty Seventh (27th) Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union.
Theme The theme of the Summit is: “African Year of Human Rights with particular focus on the Rights of Women”
Journalists are invited to cover all the public sessions opened to the media.
A detail programme of the public events will be made available as soon as possible.
