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 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread to over 200 countries and territories with more than 12 million cases and claimed more than 560,000 lives worldwide. Nearly 611,000 cases have been reported in 54 African countries, with over 13,000 deaths
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: 03 July 2020: A delegation of officials of the African Union Commission (AUC) led by the Deputy Chairperson, H.E. Mr Kwesi Quartey called on the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, H.E. Gedu Andargachew on Tuesday, July 7, 2020. The purpose of the meeting was to ascertain specific ways the Africa Union would support the host nation in navigating the current challenges it faces and also requested for the restoration of internet services to facilitate business continuity.
The Director of Africa CDC will provide critical update on the coordinated efforts by Member States to implement the AU’s joint continental strategy on COVID-19 and highlight key steps taken to support the PACT initiative across countries and other countermeasures taken to minimize fatality due to the disease in Africa.
The African Union calls on all African citizens and friends of Africa to support the #AUCOVID19responseFund.
H.E. Mrs Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for political Affairs (R), with H.E. Helen Airaksinen, outgoing Ambassador of Finland paid a farewell visit to the Commissioner on Monday,
The Department of Political Affairs of the African Union Commission (AUC/DPA) is organizing a webinar on “Examining the Role of the AU Human Rights Organs in Supporting the Member States during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic”, scheduled to be held on 30th June 2020, 04:30-05:50PM EAST AFRICAN TIME. The event will be organized in collaboration with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
25/06/2020 – Tax Transparency in Africa 2020, launched today as part of the Africa Initiative, depicts the state of play for 32 African Union Member States, members of the Initiative and three non-members. It shows the progress achieved on the two cornerstones of the Initiative: (i) raising political awareness and commitment, and (ii) developing capacities in tax transparency and exchange of information (EOI). Tax transparency and EOI have a crucial role to play in helping African governments stem illicit financial flows (IFFs) and increase domestic revenue mobilisation.
The African Union (AU), through the African Governance Architecture (AGA) Secretariat, in a joint project with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) have launched the “Democracy and Governance in Africa- Youth Innovation Challenge”, seeking to identify, capacitate and recognize youth working on digital or non-digital innovations for structural prevention of conflict through addressing issues of democracy deficit, lack of good governance and work to promote human rights practices.
The African Union Commission (AUC)’ s Women, Gender and Development Directorate (WGDD) has kicked off a series of engagement on the validation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol) Scorecard and Index (MPSI). The Scorecard and Index is an innovative contribution to the body of tools that seek to enhance accountability and assess the progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) and the implementation of the Maputo Protocol.
In addition to our Weekly Outbreak Brief on the spread of COVID-19 and the actions that Africa CDC is taking to help African Union Member States. Africa CDC shares a weekly brief detailing the latest developments in scientific knowledge and public health policy from around the world, as well as updates to the latest guidance from WHO and other public health agencies. Contents of this document are not intended to serve as recommendations from the Africa CDC; rather, it is a summary of the scientific information available in the public space to Member States.
