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. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, was appointed to lead the AU institutional reforms process. He appointed a pan-African committee of experts to review and submit proposals for a system of governance for the AU that would ensure the organisation was better placed to address the challenges facing the continent with the aim of implementing programmes that have the highest impact on Africa’s growth and development so as to deliver on the vision of Agenda 2063.
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.
AGES is an innovative event that brings together individuals and organizations to promote knowledge, practice exchange, and cooperation to lead the continent towards an inclusive, sustainable future.
Dear Sisters,
The cycle of time brings us back each year to 8 March, a symbolic Day, which fixes in the global and more specifically African collective memory, the exigency to restore the rights of women, of which they should never have been robbed. This is the ultimate objective of the Women’s Day. Have we made steady progress towards attaining this ultimate goal over time ? Are we closer to it, today, than yesterday?
The African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (AFRIPOL), in partnership with the German Federal Police (GFP), successfully hosted a Capacity Building Workshop from February 27 to 29, 2024, in Tunis, Tunisia.
The African Union (AU) Commission joins the AU Member States and development partners worldwide to commemorate 2024 World Obesity Day under the theme “Let’s Talk About Obesity and…” endeavouring to be a part of the global response to the obesity crisis.
The deliberations were made at the Planning workshop to operationalize the Africa Union, African Agribusiness Youth Strategy (AAYS) held on 22-24 February 202, in Kigali Rwanda
The AU Political Affairs, Peace and Security Commissioner, Amb Bankole Adeoye, participated in the High-Level Segment of the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on 27 February 2024 and briefed the Council on the State of Human Rights in Africa, in particular the right to development.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat strongly condemns an attack by Israeli forces, that killed and wounded more than 100 Palestinians seeking life-saving humanitarian aid in occupied Northern Gaza on Thursday, 29 February 2024.
The Chairperson calls for an international investigation into the incident to bring the perpetrators to account.
The African Union Commission, under the leadership of H.E. Moussa Faki, Chairperson, reaffirms its commitment to youth engagement as an integral part of the continent's developmental strategy in line with Agenda 2063. "
