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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The African Union (AU) Commission joins the AU Member States and development partners worldwide to commemorate 2024 World Obesity Day under the theme “Let’s Talk About Obesity and…” endeavouring to be a part of the global response to the obesity crisis.
The deliberations were made at the Planning workshop to operationalize the Africa Union, African Agribusiness Youth Strategy (AAYS) held on 22-24 February 202, in Kigali Rwanda
The AU Political Affairs, Peace and Security Commissioner, Amb Bankole Adeoye, participated in the High-Level Segment of the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on 27 February 2024 and briefed the Council on the State of Human Rights in Africa, in particular the right to development.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat strongly condemns an attack by Israeli forces, that killed and wounded more than 100 Palestinians seeking life-saving humanitarian aid in occupied Northern Gaza on Thursday, 29 February 2024.
The Chairperson calls for an international investigation into the incident to bring the perpetrators to account.
The African Union Commission, under the leadership of H.E. Moussa Faki, Chairperson, reaffirms its commitment to youth engagement as an integral part of the continent's developmental strategy in line with Agenda 2063. "
The African Union Pan African Veterinary Vaccine Centre (AU-PANVAC) celebrated a historic milestone on February 21, 2024, with the groundbreaking ceremony for its new laboratory complex in Bishoftu, Ethiopia. The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E Moussa Faki Mahamat, presided over the event, emphasizing the significance of this development for Africa's livestock, agriculture, and overall socio-economic progress.
Excellency Dr Nangolo Mbumba, President of the Republic of Namibia,
Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government,
Mrs Monica Geingos, former First Lady, the Children, the Geingob family
Ladies and Gentlemen, fellow Namibians
On behalf of the African Union Commission and the entire African Union family and indeed on my own behalf, I reiterate our deepest condolences to the family and to the Namibian on the passing of this great leader President Dr Hage Gottlieb Geingob.
The African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with the Governments of the Republic of Ghana, the Republic of Rwanda and the United Republic of Tanzania convened a High-level Working Breakfast on Operationalizing the African Medicine Agency (AMA) and Securing Africa's Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) free future.
