Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa’s goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity pursued under Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance.
H.E President William Samoei Ruto (PhD), President of the Republic of Kenya and the African Union Champion on Institutional Reform. H.E. Ruto was appointed during the 37th Assembly of Heads of State and Government in February 2024 to champion the AU Institutional Reform process taking over from the H.E Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda who led the implementation of the reform process since 2016.
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Reviews the experiences of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia with regards to reintegrating former soldiers and fighters into society in the aftermath of the struggle for independence.
This report details the findings from a research study of outcomes of the vocational training provided to ex-combatant beneficiaries through the Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegration Programme. Vocational training was found to play an important part in increasing levels of self confidence and self reliance as well as building social capital - irrespective of the particular skill sets learned. The report also emphasizes the apparent value of the provision of literacy & numeracy skills alongside vocational training.
The year 2020 began on a high note for the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN). As the world was preparing to mark 25 years since the Fourth World Conference on Women, AWLN sought to commemorate the anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action with the launch of 25 National Chapters across Africa.
17th August 2020: In Africa, nearly one in two children are deprived from a legal existence. Countries such as Algeria and Tunisia top the list of countries that have impressively reached the targeted 100 per cent of birth registration. The trend of increasing registration of children at birth, also reflects in West and Central Africa, where over the past three years, the regional average of children under-5 registered, increased from 45 per cent to 53 per cent, equaling up to 8.6 million more children registered.
I would like to welcome the members of the press for this press briefing on the 66th ordinary session of the African Commission in Human and Peoples' Rights.
I would like to start of by introducing the African Commission. This is the premier human rights body of the AU. It is a treaty based human rights body, established under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, which is the founding treaty of the African human rights system adopted in 1981. The African Commission has been in operation since 1987.
Comparative analysis of ex-combatant reintegration processes in Burundi, DRC, Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. Highlights the importance of social capital and networks and their restoration as key factors in both the social and economic reintegration of ex-combatants.
19 August 2020, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat pays tribute to the real life heroes of health workers, first responders and all humanitarian workers working harder than before as they perform extraordinary life-saving work while risking their lives for all of us during these extraordinary times of the global Covid19 pandemic.
Africa CDC weekly engagement with the media to share critical updates on the coordinated response by African Union Member States to the COVID-19 pandemic
Final evaluation report of Pilot Project for the RSSDDRC - includes discussion of the challenge of evaluating the programme given the renewal of hostilities in South Sudan at the time.
Position paper. Useful exploration of eligibility criteria and approaches for beneficiary targeting.
