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.
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25 June 2021, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Moussa Faki Mahamat, is extremely concerned by the dangerous escalation in violence in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
Intergenerational panel comprising of children from AU Member States, a member of the ACEWRC and representatives from UNICEF Burkina Faso, and Plan International Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, 16 June 2021 – The African Union International Centre for Girls and Women’s Education in Africa (AU/CIEFFA) convened a special intergenerational dialogue in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to celebrate the Day of the African Child (DAC) on the 16th of June under the theme “Safeguarding the future of our children by ensuring the return of all African girls to school in the context of COVID-19”.
The African Union led by the Department of Economic Development, Trade and Mining, will commemorate the African Integration Day 2021 under the theme “The Role of Continental Integration in Accelerating African Economic Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
"On the onset, allow me to congratulate the Hon. Minister, Prof. Paul. Mavima, Chair of this Special Session of Ministers, for the well organization of the whole APSD 2021 celebration..."
The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria becomes the ninth (9th) Member State to deposit the instrument of ratification of the African Medicines Agency (AMA). The Republic of Algeria ratified the Treaty for the establishment of AMA on 10 June 2021 and deposited the instrument of accession, to the Commission of the African Union (AU) on 22 June 2021 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. H.E. Amira Elfadil Mohamed, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, at the African Union Commission, received the instrument from H.E.
Within the framework of the AU-EU Continent-to-Continent Migration and Mobility Dialogue, the African Union Commission and European Union Commission, in partnership with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) conducted a study on Return, Readmission and Reintegration programs in Africa. The study includes nine country briefs of selected African Union Members States, which were devel¬oped in close cooperation with respectively nominated focal points, and benefitted from country-level and regional workshops held with key stakeholders.
I bring to you a warm greeting from H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission. First and foremost, I would like to extend my profound gratitude to HE. Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe for accepting ...
Excellence Monsieur Nana ADDO DANKWA AKUFFO-ADDO, Président de la République du Ghana,
Excellence Kenneth OFORI-ATTA, Ministre des Finances du Ghana, Président du Conseil des gouverneurs de la BAD,
Mesdames et Messieurs les Gouverneurs de la BAD,
Monsieur le Président du Groupe de la Banque Africaine de Développement, Cher frère Akinwumi ADESINA,
Distingués Délégués,
Mesdames et Messieurs,
