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.
There are notable improvements in the adoption of human rights instruments and policies on ending Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) both at the continental and regional levels by the Member States. However, there is a lot to be done to effectively translate laws and policies into action and tangible benefits.
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High level Food Security and Nutrition Conference
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AUC Chairperson welcomes the commitment of the two parties to the restoration of peace in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, 6 October 2022: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission welcomes the avowed commitment of the two parties in the Ethiopian conflict, to the restoration of peace and stability in Ethiopia, following the invitation to the AU-led peace talks due to start soon in South Africa.
Excellences, Messieurs les Ministres,
Excellence, Monsieur le Commissaire de l’Union Africaine pour le développement économique, le commerce, le tourisme, l’industrie et les minéraux,
Monsieur le Secrétaire exécutif, par intérim, de la Commission économique des Nations unies pour l’Afrique (CEA),
Monsieur le Secrétaire général adjoint de l’Organisation des Etats d’Afrique, des Caraïbes et du Pacifique,
Talking Points by H.E the Deputy Chairperson African Union Commission at the retreat to Improve and Monitor the Budget Processes as well as the Implementation of Audit Recommendations
Addis Ababa, 30 September 2022: In strong support of ECOWAS, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, and in conformity with the Lomé Declaration of Year 2000, the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance and the Accra Declaration on Unconstitutional Changes of Government, expresses his deep concern about the resurgence of unconstitutional changes of Government in Burkina Faso and elsewhere on the African Continent.
The African Union Commission Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development (HHS), Labour, Employment and Migration Division (LEM) is organizing a 3-day “Inaugural Workshop for Stakeholders of the Continental Operational Centre in Sudan” (the Khartoum Centre), from 28-30 September 2022 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
Pastoralism is the dominant livestock production system in most of Africa. Pastoral practices are based on local endogenous knowledge of both the environment and the animal. It is based on the continued capacity to adapt to a harsh environment, characterized by the scarcity, dispersion and variability of natural resources over vast territories.
