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 Peace Fund is in the final stages of operationalization. The funds are set to be utilized for the first time in 2023 on several programmes including interventions in the Sudan crisis, projects in the East African Community (EAC) and the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS).
The African Union Retreat on Institutional Reforms and the preparations of the second decade of Agenda 2063 is currently underway in Kigali, Rwanda.
The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group is launching a new insurance mechanism for African countries to cope with the devastating effects of flooding.
The World Bank Group has approved a $13.0 million program for the African Union to implement the Food Systems Resilience Program for Eastern and Southern Africa Phase 3.
Under the auspices of the AU-ILO-IOM-UNECA Joint Programme on Labour Migration Governance for Development and Integration in Africa (JLMP), the Government of Cameroon successfully hosted a significant two-day (June 1st and 2nd) validation meeting for a situation analysis report, marking a significant milestone in the development of the country's Labour Migration (LM) Policy.
His Excellency Joaquim Alberto Chissano, former President of the Republic of Mozambique, arrived in Bissau on June 1, 2023, to lead the 40-member African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) ahead of the June 4, 2023, legislative elections in the Republic of Guinea Bissau.
The 2nd African Union Workshop on the Review of the AU Policy on Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development (AU-PCRD), was held in Cairo, Egypt from May 30th June 1st, 2023. The workshop was hosted by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Department of African Organizations and Communities) and the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA), in cooperation with the African Union Commission (Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security) and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD).
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a growing and urgent threat in Africa. With nearly 1.3 million deaths attributed to AMR in 2019, Inadequate monitoring and control measures by governments have worsened the situation, hindering the prevention of resistant micro-organisms.
