DIVISION OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION

AFRICAN UNION PRESS RELEASE N024/2010

A new flag for the African UnioN

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 31 January 2010- The African Union today unveiled its new flag at its 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government taking place in Addis Ababa. To tunes of the AU anthem, the new flag was hoisted by the outgoing Chairperson of the African Union, Brother Leader Muammar El Gaddafi, leader of the Libyan Revolution, Great Socialist People’s Libyan Jamahiriya.

It will be recalled that during the 8th African Union Summit which took place in Addis Ababa on 29 and 30 Janu