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2025 Theme of the Year: "2025 Year of Reparations: Justice for Africans & People of African Descent through Reparations.

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Women’s participation in peace processes make tangible difference for durable peace and stability.

Women’s participation in peace process make tangible difference in efforts aimed at preventing, managing and resolving conflicts for durability of peace and stability, as well as providing opportunities to embed gender equality goals in peacebuilding and state building processes. Dr. Admore Kambudzi, Director of the Peace and Security Department at the African Union Commission, talks about streamlining the role of women in peace and security issues and the Implementation of the Women Peace and Security Agenda in Africa.

Involving women in the male dominated infrastructure and energy sectors as skilled resources.

Agenda 2063 places import on the need for Africa to develop world class infrastructure that criss-crosses Africa and which will improve connectivity through newer and bolder initiatives to link the continent by rail, road, sea and air; and developing regional and continental power pools, as well as ICT to boost trade, spark growth and create jobs. Amani Abou-Zeid, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy of the African Union Commission talks about the importance of the involvement of women in the male dominated sectors, not just as end users and beneficiaries but as skilled resources.

Africa CDC Joins Forces with Co-Creation Hub to Use Smart Ways to Educate and Sensitize the Continent on COVID-19

March 30, 2020
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Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is collaborating with the Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), the leading technology innovation centre in Africa, to launch a call, for innovative communication projects on COVID-19 based on indigenous African languages targeted at the semi-urban and rural population across Africa. The communication projects are expected to help counter disbelief and misinformation, catalyse citizens actions and solidarity as well as combat stigmatization.
 
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Call for African Youth Charter Hustlers

What is this Initiative?

As mandated by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E, Moussa Faki, the African Union Youth Envoy published 2019/20 Action Plan. The Action Plan, under the Advocacy Model, seeks to mobilize the African Youth Charter (AYC) Hustlers, to lead continental, regional and national advocacy for the ratification and implementation of the Charter as well as the institution of effective monitoring and reporting mechanisms.

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Communiqué of the Bureau of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government Teleconference on COVID-19, Held on 26 March 2020

March 26, 2020
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His Excellency President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Arica, in his capacity as Chairperson of the African Union, convened a teleconference of the Bureau of the African Union Heads of State and Government, ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit video-teleconference on 26 March 2020.
 
The Bureau of the African Union Heads of State and Government is chaired by President Ramaphosa and consists of: His Excellency, President Ibrahim Boubacar
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Communiqué of the 874th Meeting of the Peace and Security Council

September 05, 2019
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The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), in commemorating the Africa Amnesty Month, dedicated its 874th meeting held on 5 September 2019, to an open session which focused its discussion on the progress made in the implementation of the AU Master Roadmap of Practical Steps for Silencing the Guns in Africa by the Year 2020. Particular attention was paid on the challenges and perspectives, facing security sector reform (SSR) in Africa.

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