AUC Chairperson's Condolences following Algerian Airlines crash

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- African Union Commission Chairperson, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, is most saddened by news of the Air Algerie crash flying from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso to Algiers, in Algeria. With 116 passengers and crew members from Africa and other nationalities on board, the plane was reported missing in the early hours of 24 July 2014.

Dr. Dlamini Zuma expresses her heartfelt condolences to the families, relatives and friends of the bereaved.

In the wake of recent tragic air-travel related accidents, the AUC Chairpersons calls on the concerned authorities to do more in order to maintain and even improve air travel safety records.