Call for nominations to recognize exceptional African women advancing peace and security in Africa.
Call for nominations to recognize exceptional African women advancing peace and security in Africa.
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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Call for nominations to recognize exceptional African women advancing peace and security in Africa.
Niamey, Niger, 07th of July 2019: On the occasion of the 12st Extraordinary Session of the Assembly, held on 07 July 2019, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic signed the Treaty for the Establishment of the African Medicines Agency.
Niamey, Niger , 07th of July 2019: On the occasion of the 12st Extraordinary Session of the Assembly, held on 07 July 2019, the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria signed the Treaty for the Establishment of the African Medicines Agency.
The Republic of Kenya has been facing recurrent episodes of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) since the virus was first discovered in
the Rift Valley area of Kenya in the early 1900s. Between June 2018 and April 2019, Kenya declared two outbreaks of RVF and requested African Union support. As an institution of the African Union, Africa CDC provided support through its Eastern Africa Regional Collaborating Centre.
Addis Ababa, 11 July 2019: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat, together with Commissioner of Trade and Industry, Amb. Albert Muchanga, Commissioner of Political Affairs Minata Cessouma and Commissioner of Social Affairs Amira Elfadil, held talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea, H.E. Dr. Kang Kyung-Wha and her delegation, at the AUC Headquarters in Addis Abeba today.
H.E Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs (R) and H.E. Pedro Serrano, Deputy Secretary General for Common Security and Defence Policy and Crisis Response at the European External action Service during the opening of the AU-EU High Level Meeting on Governance, Peace Security at the AU Commission on Thursday, July 11, 2019
Your Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya,
Your Excellency, Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am very pleased to participate in this important High-Level African Regional Conference on Counter Terrorism and Prevention of Violent Extremism Conducive to Terrorism.
I want to underscore the timeliness of this initiative and wish to thank H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta, for the warm welcome, and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the UN system which is co-organizing this global Conference.
Monsieur le Président Abdelfattah Al Sissi, Président de la République Arabe d’Egypte et Président en Exercice de l’Union Africaine,
Messieurs les Chefs d’Etat et de Gouvernement,
Monsieur le Président de la Commission de l’Union Africaine,
Mesdames et Messieurs les Présidents des Commissions Economiques Régionales
Madame Secrétaire Général Adjointe des Nations Unies,
Mesdames et Messieurs les Ministres,
Distingués Hôtes, amis et partenaires du Niger et de l’Afrique,
Mesdames et Messieurs,
• Your Excellency, Mr. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Chairperson of the African Union;
• Your Excellency, Mr. Mahamadou Issoufou, President of the Republic of Niger and Leader of the African Continental Free Trade Area;
• Your Excellency, Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission;
• Excellencies, Heads of State; Honourable Ministers; African Union Commissioners; Ambassadors;
• Distinguished representatives from the private sector, civil society and the media; Ladies and Gentlemen,
- Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa
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