REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Peace - Work - Fatherland PRESIDENCE DE LA REPUBLIQUE CABINET CIVIL CELLULE DE COMMUNICATION PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC CIVIL CABINET COMMUNICATION UNIT
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# Official Visit to Cameroon of Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Yaounde, 12 - 13 July 2018
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REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Paix - Travail - Patrie PRESIDENCE DE LA REPUBLIQUE CABINET CIVIL CELLULE DE COMMUNICATION REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Peace - Work - Fatherland PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC CIVIL CABINET COMMUNICATION UNIT
# Context of the visit of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission to Cameroon
At the invitation of the President of the Republic, His Excellency Paul BIYA, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat, will pay an official visit to Cameroon from 12-13 July 2018.
This is his second visit as head of the AU Commission. Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat was in Yaounde on 8-9 May 2017 to show gratitude to Cameroonian authorities in general and President Paul BIYA – whose personal involvement led to the Chadian’s election to the prestigious position he occupies today. He also had an opportunity to discuss on the major challenges facing the organisation.
It should be noted that Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat is a worthy citizen of the Central African sub-region. Thus, his forthcoming visit has a diplomatic and emotional dimension.
Context
The Chairperson of the AU Commission arrives in Cameroon after the successful organisation of the 31st AU summit in Nouakchott (Mauritania).
Cameroon’s foreign policy under the leadership of President Paul BIYA is at a point of honour via the support all sub-regional and regional integration initiatives in Africa. The country supports ongoing reforms in the AU. For example, Cameroon was among the 44 African States that signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) at the end of the AU’s extraordinary summit in Kigali on 21 March 2018. The Chairperson of the AU Commission will certainly reiterate his appreciation to President Paul BIYA, for this constant and decisive support. Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat is expected to discuss on the resolutions of the summit in Nouakchott.
Issues
The Chairperson of the AU Commission will arrive in Cameroon at a moment when the country is facing the following challenges: Boko Haram threats in the Far North, the management of refugees, insecurity caused by foreign gangs in the East and Adamawa and, above all, the situation in the North-West and South-West Regions.
In general, this visit involves at least three major issues:
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# 1. Strengthening Cameroon-African Union cooperation