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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Addis Ababa, 05 August 2019: The African Union Commission condemns in the strongest possible terms the demolition of 70 Palestinian homes by the Israeli military in Sur Baher, a Palestinian neighbourhood of East Jerusalem on 22 July 2019.
Addis-Abeba, le 19 août 2019: Faisant suite à l’adoption par les deux chambres du Parlement de la loi portant recomposition de la Commission Électorale Indépendante en Côte d’Ivoire et à sa promulgation, le Président de la Commission de l’Union Africaine se félicite de ce que l’arrêt rendu par la Cour Africaine des Droits de l’Homme et des Peuples ait été pris en compte tel qu'en atteste le préambule des motifs du projet de loi introduit au Parlement.
New York, 8th August 2019 – The Office of the Legal Counsel of the African Union held a workshop with the Legal Advisors of the African Group Members of the United Nations in New York to discuss the scope and application of the principle of Universal Jurisdiction, which is on the Agenda of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) since it’s 64th Session.
The Board of African Union Leadership Academy (AULA) held its second annual meeting at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Thursday, August 15, 2019, to discuss the way forward on how to strategically position the AULA to complement the effort of the African Union to achieve its set goals.
19 August 2019, Addis Abeba: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat hails the appointment of HE Abdallah Hamdock as prime minister of the Transitional Government of Sudan following the formal signature of the power-sharing constitutional decree on 17 August 2019.
“This historic achievement is the culmination of months of negotiations and the result of the steadfast and peaceful resolve of the Sudanese people, especially the women and Youth, for a democratic transition in Sudan,” said Chairperson Faki.
Theme: “Innovative Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System: Foundation for Legal Identity Management”
WHAT: High Level Policy Dialogue on Productive Transformation
WHEN: Thursday, 29 August, 2019 from 6:00PM to 7:30PM
WHERE: Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) 7, Exhibition Hall B, Room B03
WHO: The African Union Commission Department of Economic Affairs in collaboration with the OECD Development Centre
WHAT: World Humanitarian Day Celebration
WHO: The African Union (AU)-in collaboration with Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Liaison Office to the AU-is organizing an event at the African Union Headquarters to commemorate women humanitarian workers who have dedicated their lives to assist victims of conflicts and disasters in Africa.
Within the framework of PATTEC initiative the PATTEC Coordination Office is mandated to monitor and evaluate the implementation progress made by member states towards tsetse and trypanosomiasis control and eradication. In line with this, a situation analysis mission to evaluate the implementation of tsetse and trypanosomiasis control interventions comprising Dr. Gift Wiseman Wanda, Acting Coordinator of the Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis (T&T) Eradication Campaign (PATTEC), and Mr Girma Urgeacha, GIS database specialist was undertaken to Zambia from 10 to 14 June 2019.
