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.
The African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) commemorated the World Refugee Day, under the theme “Hope away from Home: A World where Refugees are always Included” at the African Union Commission Headquarters on 20th June 2023.
The GMA is a flagship project of the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063, launched as part of the First Ten-Year Implementation Plan of Agenda 2063. The GMA will showcase, protect and promote the rich cultural heritage of the continent.
The African Union (AU) Commission, in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Rwanda, is convening the Second Extraordinary Session of the Conference of States Parties (CoSP) to the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty from 19-20 June 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda.
The African Union Commission through the Peace Fund Secretariat has signed an Agreement with the World Food Programme of the United Nations (WFP)
The 46th Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee (PRC) kicked off on 19 June 2023,
• Monsieur le Président du Comité des Représentants permanents
• Mesdames et Messieurs les Commissaires
• Mesdames et Messieurs les ambassadeurs, membres du Comité des Représentants permanents
• Mesdames et Messieurs les chefs d’organe et d’Agence
• Mesdames et Messieurs les chefs de Bureau de liaison des
Communautés économiques régionales et Mécanismes régionaux auprès de l’Union africaine
• Mesdames et Messieurs
16 June 2023, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E Moussa Faki Mahamat, welcomes the closure, on 15 June 2023 in Gorongosa, Sofala Province, of the last RENAMO military base in Mozambique as a tremendous contribution towards silencing the guns in Africa. The demobilization of the last former RENAMO fighters is a true demonstration of the Government of Mozambique and RENAMO’s determination to sustainable peace, reconciliation, re-integration and sustainable development.
17 June 2023, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat strongly condemns the heinous and shocking terrorist attack by suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militia, that targeted a secondary school in Western Uganda, near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, that left at least 42 students dead, more injured and others unaccounted for.
The Chairperson expresses his sincere condolences to the loved ones of the victims, and wishes a full recovery to the injured students.
The African Union participated in the 8th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency hosted by the French Ministry of Energy Transition and International Energy Agency from June 7-8, 2023 in Versailles, France.
