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AFRICAN UNION TO HONOUR BOLA TINUBU AT AFRIMA 2015

Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu is to be specially honoured with the prestigious award as "Pillar of Art and Culture in Africa" by the African Union Commission (AUC) at the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA 2015, scheduled to hold on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.  The International Committee of AFRIMA made this known in

AFRIMA, Africa Union, ONE Mark Day of African Child in Soweto

All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) in partnership with Africa Union Commission, AUC, and ONE commemorated the Day of the African Child (DAC) on August 15 with a special event as part of the programme of events of the 2015 Africa Union (AU) Summit held from June 7 to June 15. The DAC event which came up at the Soweto Hotel, Soweto, South Africa took place under the theme “Ending Child Marriages”. It was attended by South Africa’s Minister of Social Development, Ms. Bathabile Dlamini; Director of Social Affairs of the AUC, Ambassador Olawale Maiyegun; Representative of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to the AU, Jane Okello; and Commissioner, Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistics Communities, Sheila T. Khama, among other delegates. Click here to read the full story