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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Stockholm, Sweden – 20 February 2020: H.E. Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy joined the world Ministers in charge of road safety attending the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety that took place from 18 to 20 February in Stockholm, Sweden under the theme “Achieving Global Goals 2030”.
Victoria Falls – Zimbabwe HE Mr Quartey, the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) has called for deeper collaboration between the United nations and the African Union, from policy formulation stage to implementation, and for the two organizations to work in tandem towards concrete, measured and immediate actions for the realization of Agenda 2063 and Agenda 2030, especially as 2020 to 2030 has been declared by the UN as a Decade of Action. ‘’The fiery urgency is now and time and tide waits for no one’ he added.
His Excellency, Ambassador Kwesi Quartey, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Honorable Ministers and Heads of Delegation
Distinguished participants,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is an honour to address this special session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM-Africa).
The significance of the African Union as a strategic partner of the United Nations cannot be overstated.
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, 24 FEBRUARY 2020. The Chairperson, African Union Commission, H.E. Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat, said that the Commission will strengthen partnerships and coordination across Africa to respond to the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.
Addis Ababa, 24 February 2020: The taskforce met on 20 February 2020 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Convened as a follow up to the September 2019, New York meeting that was held at the margins of the high-level General Debate of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, the meeting noted with concern the deplorable and deteriorating humanitarian and security situation in Libya.
22 February 2020, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat opened an emergency ministerial meeting of African Health ministers today 22nd February 2020 as part of continental initiatives to enhance capacity to rapidly detect, and respond to COVID-19 on the Continent.
22 February 2020, Addis Ababa:The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H. E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, congratulates the People and Government of the Republic of South Sudan on the successful formation of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU). He applauds the signatories to the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) for reaching this important milestone towards building a peaceful, stable, united and prosperous country.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 20 February, 2020: Technical Experts from African Union Commission (AUC), International Organization for Migration (IOM), International Labour organization (ILO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA) and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) Liaison Offices (East African Community, Economic Community of West African States, Economic Community of Central African States, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa and Intergovernmental Authority on Development) met to discuss progress, challenges and opportunities in the implementation of the
Eighty (80) participants from 18 African countries are participating in a training on enhanced surveillance at points of entry currently holding in Nairobi, Kenya.
