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Transitioning from Risk to Resilience: Africa joins the global call for disaster risk reduction in Bali, Indonesia
The Seed Index to be introduced in the CAADP Biennial Review (BR) to improve tracking access to quality Seed in Africa
A call to introduce the Seed Index into the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Biennial Review (BR) process was unanimously endorsed at the 3rd Steering Group meeting of the African Seed and Biotechnology Partnership Platform (ASB PP), held from 23-25 May 2022 in Kampala, Uganda.
The African Union holds the First Ordinary Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty
The Conference of the States Parties (CoSP) to the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty, held their First Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 1 to 2 June 2022. The meeting sought to establish the Conference of the States Parties’ Rules of Procedure as well as deliberate on the AMA Headquarters Assessment Report and make recommendations on the Agency’s host country. Representatives of the African Union Commission and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) participated in the meeting.
Communique on immediate direct talks between Sudanese actors and stakeholders
As the AU-IGAD-UN Trilateral Mechanism prepares to launch direct talks among parties to the political conflict in Sudan; the African Union Commission renews its strong support to the efforts undertaken by the Trilateral, and calls on all active political and social parties in Sudan to respond positively to the trilateral invitation to facilitate genuine and honest talks, based on good faith, and which takes on the construction of appropriates constitutional arrangements for the remaining of the transitional period , as well as appointment of a civilian government with wide mandate to manage
Agenda 2063 Technical Working Group, takes concrete steps towards the evaluation of Agenda 2063 to realize the Africa we want within the set timelines
The technical meeting aimed to outline the scope of the evaluation including methodology, guiding questions as well as data collection, analysis, and validation approach.
Weekly Press Briefing on Coronavirus Disease Outbreak in Africa
Thursday’s briefing will focus on the regular update of the COVID-19 and vaccine delivery situations, and also highlight the cases of monkeypox being reported in some AU Member States.
Statement by H.E. Dr. Monique NSANZABAGANWA, Deputy Chairperson of the AUC, African Development Bank Group Commemoration of the Africa Day
Statement of the AU-IGAD-UNITAMS Trilateral Mechanism
The AU-IGAD-UN Trilateral Mechanism welcomes the authorities’ decision to lift the state of emergency and the release of the political detainees as positive steps to create the conditions needed for reaching a peaceful resolution for the current political impasse following the 25 October 2021 coup.
Speech by H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat Chairperson of the African Union Commission on the occasion of the 16th Extraordinary Session of the African Union Conference on Terrorism and Unconstitutional Changes of Government
The convening holding of this 16th Extraordinary Session of the AU Assembly affords us the opportunity to reconnect with Malabo, this beautiful city always well prepared to host the meetings of our Union.