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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The Chairperson specifically acknowledges the commitment of the parties involved in the Ethiopian conflict, to a peaceful resolution of the conflict through significant confidence-building measures undertaken including the lifting of the national state of emergency.
Outbreak Update: As of 13 May 2022, a total of 518,879,315 COVID-19 cases and 6,265,568 deaths (case fatality ratio [CFR]: 1.2%) have been reported globally by 227 countries and territories to the World Health Organization (WHO)
Visit of the European Union (EU) Ambassadors to the Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning System and Early Action (AMHEWSA) Situation Room
African Ministers of Defense, Internal Affairs, and Heads of National Institutions in Charge of Safety and Security, High Official Representatives from AU Member States, as well as from the Regional Economic Communities and Regional Mechanisms (RECs/RMs).
Outbreak Update: As of 4 April 2022, a total of 489,603,022 COVID-19 cases and 6,151,510 deaths (case fatality ratio [CFR]: 1.3%) have been reported globally by 227 countries and territories to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Outbreak Update: As of 11 April 2022, a total of 496,874,896 COVID-19 cases and 6,178,438 deaths (case fatality ratio [CFR]: 1.2%) have been reported globally by 227 countries and territories to the World Health Organization (WHO).
The African Union (AU), in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Rwanda to the AU, commemorated the 28th edition of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda at the AU Headquarters, on Thursday, 7th April 2022, in line with the AU Decisions.
The Ministerial segment of the Fourth Ordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Social Development, Labour and Employment opened at the AUC Headquarters with a view to exploring opportunities and addressing the challenges facing the continent due to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 pandemic.
