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.
The signing of the negotiated agreement on the 19th of February 2023, at the African Union Headquarters on the side-lines of the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union ended an extensive negotiation between the African Union, ANOCA and AASC on the organization of the Africa Games in Accra, Ghana
The Role of Religious Communities in Africa: Advancing Peace, Human Dignity, Preservation of the Environment, Sustainable Development, and Freedom of Religion or Belief
The AU-EU-UN Partnership for enhancing the African Union’s Compliance and accountability frameworks (AUCF) for its Peace Support Operations.
Celebration of the 8th Africa Day of School Feeding: “Boosting Local Food Procurement Systems and Regional Value Chains: The role of AfCFTA for Sustained Home-grown School Feeding Programmes and Improved Learning”.
On 19th February, the Assembly of the African Union appointed Dr Jean Kaseya of the Democratic Republic of Congo as Director General of the AfricaCDC for a mandate of 4 years. He will oversee the delivery of the core functions and key objectives of the organization, as per its statute.
A presidential roundtable on the side-lines of the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union has called for the acceleration of financing for energy access in Africa with clear targets and steps for ensuring the achievement of universal energy access by 2030.
The African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) organised a high-level roundtable session on Sustainable Development of Air Transport in Africa on the margins of the 36th African Union (AU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government
The First Ladies of Africa congregated for the 27th Ordinary General Assembly of Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD), today, 19 February 2023 at the Headquarters of the African Union.
H.E. Amb. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development and H.E. Dr. Alfred N. Mutua, Cabinet Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of the Republic of Kenya signed the Host Agreement for the operationalization of the Temporary Secretariat of the African Audio-visual and Cinema Commission (AACC) at the African Union Commission Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Saturday 18 February 2023 on the margins of the 36th AU Assembly.
