African Union Conference on Debt
Location: Lomé, Togo
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 Government of the Republic of Togo hosted the twentieth session of the Africa Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction (AWGDRR). The biannual meeting was held from 17 to 19 October 2023 in the capital, Lomé. The theme was "From Commitment to Action - Path to Accelerate the Programme of Action for the Implementation of the Sendai Framework in Africa".
The African Union Commission (Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security) and the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) in collaboration with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Togo (HCRRUN) successfully organized the Sixth Edition of the Continental Transitional Justice Forum, held in person in Lomé, Togo from 7- 9 September 2022. The overall objective of the forum was to review the state of Transitional Justice (TJ) in Africa with the goal of strengthening TJ mechanisms and practices in the context of Social Capital.
Addis Ababa, 12 May 2022: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has learned with great alarm of the terrorist attack that took place on 11 May, against a military post of the Togolese armed forces, in the locality of Kpékpakandi, in northern Togo, and which left 8 people dead and 13 injured.
H. E. Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid, AU Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy was received, on 15th September 2021, by the President of the Togolese Republic H.E Mr. Faure ESSOZIMNA GNASSINGBE
Lomé, Togo, 20 March 2019: The President of the Togolese Republic His Excellency Mr. Faure ESSOZIMNA GNASSINGBE has met today with the AU Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, H. E. Dr. Amani ABOU-ZEID and the Secretary General of the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC), Mr. Tefera MEKONNEN TEFERA to discuss on the actions to fast-track the operationalisation of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM).
INVITATION TO THE PRESS
What: Press Conference on the conduct of electoral process of the Legislative Elections in Togo.
When: 21st December, 2018
Time: 5PM
Venue: Hotel 2 Fevrier (Radisson) Hotel, Lome.
Who: The press conference will be addressed by:
H.E. Mr. Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon, Leader of the team of Short-Term Election Observation Mission (STO) in Togo and former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Lome, December 21 2018-The AU Team of Short-Term Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to the Togolese Republic, held a press Conference to review the Legislative Elections that took place on 20th December,2018.
INTRODUCTION
Following the holding of legislative elections in the Togolese Republic on 20 December 2018, the President of the African Union Commission (AUC) His Excellency Moussa Faki Mahamat deployed an election observation mission to observe and asses the conduct of the electoral process.
Addis-Abéba, 17 décembre 2018 - Le Président de la Commission de l’Union Africaine (CUA), S.E.M. Moussa Faki Mahamat, a décidé de déployer une Mission d’Observation Electorale en République Togolaise dans le cadre des élections législatives du 20 décembre 2018.