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.
As 7 April 2026 marks the 32nd Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda (Kwibuka32), the African Union (AU), in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda in Ethiopia, solemnly observes the commemoration at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, under the theme “Remember – Unite – Renew”.
The African Union Commission (AUC), through its Department of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (ESTI), successfully concluded the Continental Workshop on Strengthening Teacher Development, Motivation, and Alignment with the Continental Teachers Qualifications Framework (CTQF), convened from 25th to 27th March, 2026, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The African Union Department of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (ESTI), in partnership with the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie and the Alliance Ethio-française, successfully hosted the 2026 edition of the Great Francophonie Dictation at the Nelson Mandela Hall.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Forty-Eighth Ordinary Session
11-12 February 2026
Addis Ababa (ETHIOPIA)
EX.CL/Dec.1323-1351(XLVIII)
ASSEMBLY OF THE UNION
Thirty-ninth Ordinary Session
14 - 15 February 2026
Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA
Assembly/AU/Dec.942- 982(XXXIX)
Assembly/AU/Decl.1 - 10(XXXIX)
Assembly/AU/Res.1 - 2(XXXIX)
Kwibuka 32, marking the 32nd commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Consultative Forum on Trafficking in Persons for Forced Criminality in Southeast Asia for Senior Officials of African Union Member States and the RECs
Welcome Remarks
H.E. Moses Valakati,
Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment
During
The Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC)
AT
AU Headquarters Small Conference Room 3
15hr30
Talking Points
H.E. Mahmoud Ali YOUSSOUF
Chairperson of the African Union Commission
For the HIGH-LEVEL LEADERS SESSION ON WATER INVESTMENTS
‘” Water for people and prosperity, through cooperation and Investment in Water and Sanitation”
15 February 2026, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
07:30am – 09:00am (AUC Multipurpose Hall)
