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.
Addis Abeba, le 30 décembre 2018. Le Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine, Moussa Faki Mahamat, continue de suivre de près l'évolution du processus électoral en République démocratique du Congo.
Addis Abéba, le 8 janvier 2019: Le Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine, Moussa Faki Mahamat, prend acte de la proclamation, ce jour, par la Haute Cour constitutionnelle (HCC), des résultats définitifs du second tour de l’élection présidentielle à Madagascar, qui a eu lieu le 19 décembre 2018. Il exprime ses félicitations chaleureuses à M. Rajoelina Andry Nirina, pour sa brillante élection sur la base d’un programme prometteur, qui a recueilli un large soutien populaire.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 19, 2018: The inaugural Policy Dialogue on facilitating the implementation of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) took off today at the Headquarters of the African Union Commission and highlighted the achievements of the Programme to date.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 21, 2018: The Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) is a catalyst for inclusive development on the continent, African Union Commission Director of Infrastructure and Energy, Mr. Cheikh Bedda said in his closing remarks at the end of the Policy Dialogue conference on the implementation of PIDA held at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Addis Abéba, le 15 décembre 2018: Le Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine, Moussa Faki Mahamat, suit de près le déroulement de la campagne électorale pour les élections présidentielle, législatives nationales et provinciales prévues le 23 décembre 2018 en République démocratique du Congo.
Niamey, Niger 12 December 2018 – The economy of Niger is losing 289 billion CFA francs (US$539 million) more than 7 percent of annual GDP to the effects of child undernutrition.
Addis Abeba, 13 December 2018 – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat received the credentials of Dr. Edward Addai, Representative of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to the AU and UNECA, at the AU Commission Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia today.
Chairperson Faki commended the longstanding partnership between the two institutions and expressed his satisfaction on the meeting that he held with UNICEF Executive Director, Henrietta Fore, on the margins of the 2018 United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA.
Addis Ababa, 13 December 2018: On 25 September 2018, the AU High Level Implementation Panel for Sudan and South Sudan (AUHIP) wrote to the Signatories of the Roadmap Agreement proposing that the Agreement be revised to focus on the forthcoming constitution making process and the 2020 national elections.
The Signatories of the Roadmap Agreement are: the Government of Sudan, the National Umma Party, the Justice and Equality Movement, the Sudan Liberation Movement – Minni Minawi, and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-North.
Addis Ababa, December 12 2018- The African Union (AU) Commission Women, Gender and Development Directorate, in collaboration with the Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (SOAWR), the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is holding a High-Level Consultation meeting (12-13 December 2018) to accelerate the ratification, domestication and implementation of the Maputo Protocol and Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the Maputo Protocol on 14 December, 2018.
