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PRESS FREEDOM DAY

Vera Songwe, executive secretary for the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Africa, Tomas Kwesi Quarty, deputy chairperson of the African Union, President Sahle-work Zewde and Audrey Azoulay, director general of Unesco, sit side-by-side during the World Press Freedom Day.

PRESS FREEDOM DAY

Vera Songwe, executive secretary for the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Africa, Tomas Kwesi Quarty, deputy chairperson of the African Union, President Sahle-work Zewde and Audrey Azoulay, director general of Unesco, sit side-by-side during the World Press Freedom Day at the African Union on May 2, 2019. This was the first time the Press Freedom Day was held in Ethiopia.

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