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.
The African Union Commission’s Women, Gender and Youth Directorate in partnership with UNICEF, UNFPA, and UN Women hosted a Virtual Couch Talk to commemorate Pan African Women’s Day on 30th July 2021 themed “Building the Africa We Want: The Role of Youth in Fostering Gender Equality”.
Ethiopian Airlines Group and A-e Trade Group, have signed MoU to establish the East African smart logistics and fulfilment hub at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. The agreement was signed in the presence of Mr. Solomon Begashaw, Global Director, Cargo Sales, and Services, representing Ethiopian Airlines and Mr. Mulualem Syoum, CEO and Chairman of A-e Trade Group at the Headquarters of the African Union Commission on 31 July 2021.
Outbreak Update: Since the last brief (20 July 2021), 3,486,084 new confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, including 69,355 new deaths, have been reported globally. To date, a global total of 194,117,186 COVID-19 cases and 4,163,226 related deaths (case fatality ratio (CFR): 2.1%) have been reported from 225 countries and territories to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Addis Ababa, 27 July 2021: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, is closely monitoring the situation in Tunisia. In this regard, he had a telephone conversation with the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat today bid farewell to the outgoing Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Ethiopia, Djibouti, South Sudan, Sudan and Permanent Representative to the African Union, IGAD and UNECA. H.E. Karin Poulsen.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat today received credentials from H.E. Aleli Admasu, Ambassador of the State of Israel to Ethiopia, Burundi & Chad during which the long-standing issue of the Palestine-Israeli conflict was also discussed.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat today welcomed H.E. Dr. Annette Weber, European Union (EU) Special Representative for the Horn of Africa during her courtesy visit to AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa.
13 July 2021, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, condemns in the strongest terms the surge of violence that has resulted in the deaths of civilians and appalling scenes of the looting of public and private property, destruction of infrastructure, including the suspension of essential services in Kwazulu-Natal, Gauteng and other parts of South Africa.
The Chairperson extends his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wishes a rapid and full recovery to the wounded.
