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, Ethiopia, 12th October 2018; The African Union Commission Deputy Chairperson, Amb. Kwesi Quartey, met with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy, Mr. Giuseppe Conte, during which they discussed a raft of measures to enhance collaboration and support in areas of migration, development cooperation and peace and security in Africa.
Addis Ababa, 16th October 2018: The African Union Commission, together with a number of partnering organisations, holds the first continent-wide African Forum on Cybercrime from 16 to 18 October 2018 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia bringing together more than 250 delegates from across the continent.
In an increasingly digitalised world, more and more crimes either take place in cyberspace or may involve evidence in electronic form. Cybercrime is a borderless and global phenomenon and requires that governments be ready to cooperate and protect their citizens’ rights also in cyberspace.
MEDIA ADVISORY
Meeting of Minsters for the Eleventh Ordinary Meeting of the Specialized Technical Committee on Defence, Safety and Security
Invitation to representatives of the media
What:
The Commission of the African Union (AU) will hold the 14thOrdinary Meeting of African Chiefs of Defence Staff and Heads of Safety and Security, and 11th Ordinary Meeting of the Specialized Technical Committee on Defense, Safety and Security.
When:
12 October 2018, Opening Ceremony - 9:00 am.
Where:
Addis Ababa, 11 October 2018: The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, welcomes the announcement made, on 8 October 2018, by President Mulatu Teshome to the joint session of the House of People’s Representatives and the House of Federation of Ethiopia regarding the establishment of a visa-on-arrival regime for all African passport holders entering the country starting from the fiscal year 2018-2019.
Addis Ababa, 9 October 2018: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, is closely following developments in Cameroon, after the presidential election of 7 October 2018.
The Chairperson underlines the need for all political stakeholders to exercise maximum restraint and refrain from any statement or action that could heighten tensions. Any claim relating to the electoral process should be handled through the existing legal mechanisms.
Addis Ababa, 01 October 2018- Depuis ce lundi 26 Septembre 2018, Africa CDC a entamé une série de dotation en intrants de Prévention et Contrôle de l'Infection aux formations sanitaires de la ville de Butembo dans le cadre de son appuie à la riposte contre l'épidémie de la maladie à virus Ebola.
Les intrants de Prévention et control de l'infection sont un ensemble des matériels qui constituent une barrière à la contamination des personnels de santé.
Theme: “Strengthening the operationalization of One Health in East Africa”.
Theme: “Strengthening the operationalization of One Health in East Africa”.
Addis Ababa, 24 September 2018 – The Seventh Meeting of the Open-ended Committee of Ministers of Foreign Affairs on the International Criminal Court (“The Committee”) took place on 24 September 2018 at the African Union Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations in New York, USA. The meeting was convened on the sidelines of the 73rd Ordinary Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 20, 2018 –The 3rd Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Permanent Secretaries’ Leadership Retreat was officially opened yesterday by AUC’s Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, H.E Amb. Josefa Sacko, who urged the PS’s to utilize their roles as agents of change to transform agriculture and achieve the objectives of the Malabo Declaration.
