Weekly Press Briefing on Coronavirus Disease Outbreak in Africa
Africa CDC Weekly Press Briefing on the response to public health emergencies 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.
The AU offers exciting opportunities to get involved in determining continental policies and implementing development programmes that impact the lives of African citizens everywhere. Find out more by visiting the links on right.
Africa CDC Weekly Press Briefing on the response to public health emergencies in Africa
- Your Excellency Dr Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,
- Your Excellency, Speaker of the People’s House of Representatives,
-Your Excellency, Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs,
-Your Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, AU High Representative for the Horn of Africa,
- Your Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, Former President of the Republic of Kenya, and member of the AU Panel
The AU Youth Envoy and Austria National Youth Council have joined forces to establish a network of national and international youth champions to strengthen youth participation in reducing inequalities. This initiative seeks to establish a Youth Reference Committee of twenty-five (25) African and fifteen (15) European youth representatives.
Following the gravity of the devastating impact of Tropical Cyclone Freddy, the African Union (AU) Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (DARBE) convened an extra-ordinary session of the Bureau of the AU Permanent Representatives’ Council (PRC) Sub-Committee on Special Emergency Assistance Fund for Drought and Famine in Africa (SEAF) on 30th March 2023 to consider support for Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar.
Stakeholders in resilience building converged in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on 14-16 March 2023 for the nineteenth session of the Africa Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction (AWGDRR).
Achieving water security and sustainable sanitation for all in Africa is possible by 2030 and is within the power of African leaders. This is the key message from the International High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa, which released a landmark report, Africa’s Rising Investment Tide, on World Water Day 22 March 2023 during the United Nations 2023 Water Conference in New York. Sixteen Heads of State and development leaders sit on the Panel.