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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.
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.