Official Statement: World Malaria Day
By: H.E. Amira Elfadil Mohamed - Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, African Union Commission 25 April 2021, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia –
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.
By: H.E. Amira Elfadil Mohamed - Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, African Union Commission 25 April 2021, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia –
Addis Ababa, 20 April 2021: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat commends the exhaustive fact-finding report on the role of France in connection with the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, commissioned by the Government of Rwanda in 2017 from the law firm of Levy Firestone Muse LLP, and released on 19 April 2021 after submission to the Rwandan Cabinet.
This report builds on Rwanda’s Mucyo Report of 2007, with a new focus on the French political officials who “enabled a foreseeable genocide” in Rwanda in 1994.
MEDIA ADVISORY
Weekly Press Briefing on Coronavirus Disease Outbreak
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
WHAT: Africa CDC weekly engagement with the media to share critical updates on the COVID-19 response activities and the rollout COVID-19 Vaccines in AU member states, and the status of implementing the joint continental strategy for COVID-19 response in Africa.
SPEAKERS: Dr John Nkengasong, Director, Africa CDC
MODERATOR: Madam Wynne Musabayana, Head of Communication Division, AUC
WHEN: Thursday, 22 April 2021
H.E Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy convened an extra ordinary meeting of Ministers of Air Transport and key stakeholders on 15th April 2021 to discuss this issue of green vaccine passport/certificates
The African Union expresses its deepest condolences to the family and the people of The Republic of Chad following the untimely passing of H.E. President Idriss Déby.
The late President Déby played a key role in promoting the African Union’s Agenda to promote peace and security and was an ardent supporter of the Union’s efforts to create an environment of security and stability, especially within the Sahel region.
Theme- Post-Covid Taxation: Policy and Administrative Strategies for Mobilising Enhanced Domestic Taxes in Africa
19 April 2021, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, accompanied by the Commissioner of Political Affairs, Peace & Security H.E. Amb Bankole Adeoye and Social Affairs Commissioner H.E. Amira El-Fadil, concluded a two-day working visit to Libya today.
During the visit, the Chairperson and his delegation held extensive discussions with Dr Mohamed El-Menfi, Chairman of the Presidency Council of Libya and Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, Prime Minister of the government of national unity.
Special engagement with members of the media to share critical updates on the African Union and European Union partnership on COVID-19 response activities in Africa
Addis Abeba: 19 avril 2021: Le Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine, Moussa Faki Mahamat, suit avec une vive préoccupation, les attaques organisées contre le Tchad par des groupes armés venant de l’exterieur du Pays.
Le Président de la Commission condamne fermement ces actes d’agression, qui constituent une atteinte inacceptable à l’ordre constitutionnel et à la stabilité de la République du Tchad, à un moment ou le pays vient d’organiser des élections présidentielles régulières et apaisées.