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The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, received Mr. Ali D. Mohamed, Special Envoy for Climate Change and Senior Advisor to the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Dr William Samoei Ruto.

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, welcomes the signing on 25 August 2025 of the agreement on the Revised Electoral Framework between H.E. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of the Federal Republic of Somalia and one political wing of the Salvation Forum, the main Somali opposition alliance, paving the way for the election of the upcoming federal President and Members of Parliament of Somalia.

Addis Ababa, 28 August 2025: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has learned with deep concern of the terrorist attacks carried out simultaneously on Tuesday, 19 August 2025, against Malian army positions in Farabougou and Biriki-Were, in the Ségou region.

The Chairperson of the Commission strongly condemns these attacks, claimed by the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), affiliated with Al-Qaeda, which tragically caused numerous casualties among both military personnel and civilians.

The post-2022 Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction era is marked with appreciable progress towards the achievement of the Programme of Action for the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (PoA). Building on the Mauritius (2016), Tunis (2018) and Nairobi (2021) Declarations, the continent’s renewed commitment has translated into various high-level disaster risk reduction related undertakings.

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, received a high-level delegation from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), led by H.E. Francia Elena Márquez Mina, Vice President of the Republic of Colombia.

The Colombian delegation included H.E. Felipe Quintero Suarez, Vice Minister for Foreign Trade; H.E. Yeison Arcadio Meneses Copete, Ambassador of Colombia to Ethiopia; as well as representatives from government agencies and programmes.