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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OPENING STATEMENT BY HONOURABLE JUSTICE BEN KIOKO, JUDGE OF THE AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS.
16 – 18 December, 2015
Midrand, South Africa
Opening remarks by Commissioner Pansy Tlakula, Chairperson and Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa- African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR)
STATEMENT BY
DR. KHABELE MATLOSA
DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS,
AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION,
ADDIS-ABABA,
ETHIOPIA
AT CONSULTATIVE MEETING ON TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE AND PROJECT 2016 HELD AT
THE SECRETARIAT OF PAN AFRICAN PARLIAMENT, MIDRAND- SOUTH AFRICA
16-18 December, 2015
What:
Expert Consultation on African Transitional Justice Policy Framework, African Union Project 2016, And Human Rights and Transitional Justice Cluster’s Meeting;
When:
16th December – 18 December 2015
Where:
Pan African Parliament, 19 Richards Drive, Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (Committee Room 3)
Johannesburg, South Africa - 8 December 2015: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Her Excellency Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma officially welcomed the 6th Batch of the African Union Youth Volunteer Core (AU-YVC) training program.
Pretoria, South Africa – 3 December 2015: The Chairperson of the AU Commission Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, and the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, have exchanged on critical areas to strengthen the relationship between the African Union and China. They met on 3 December 2015, on the margins of the second Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit, in Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.
The two leaders were meeting in South Africa barely a month after their meeting in Beijing, China, when the AU Commission Chairperson paid an official visit.
South Africa, Johannesburg, Sandton, ICC
4 December 2015
Johannesburg- 3rd December 2015: Ministers from Africa and China converged in their 6th Conference of China-Africa Cooperation Forum (FOCAC), Thursday, 3rd December 2015, at International Conference Center, Department of International Relations and Cooperation, Pretoria, South Africa. The Conference is in preparation for the 2nd FOCAC Summit, which will witness African and Chinese leaders meet in Africa for the first time in the 15-year history of the Forum to look at ways of deepening cooperation.
Midrand, South Africa, 1st December 2015: The African Union Commission in collaboration with the Pan African Parliament, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), and the German Cooperation (GIZ) are holding the first regional meeting with representatives of the Judiciary to strengthen the rule of law and Justice Reform in Southern Africa. The meeting is being held within the framework of the African Governance Architecture (AGA) as the overall political and institutional framework, aimed at appropriately addressing the challenges of governance in Africa.
