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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JOHANNESBURG, 31 MAY - Impacts of the current COVID-19 global pandemic to Africa could be devastating to livelihoods, health and food security. Despite the upsurge in humanitarian measures to support vulnerable people on the continent, the compounded effects of health and food security crises are placing a heavy burden on African economies.
H.E. Amani Abou-Zeid, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy joined top-level leaders for a closed-door “COP26 Energy Efficiency Champions Call”, hosted by the UK Government, and supported by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
For the first time, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in collaboration with the Operations Division of the African Union Peace and Security Department (PSD) successfully deployed 28 frontline responders from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali and Niger through activation of the African Union Strategic Lift Capability.
Addis Ababa, 30 May 2020: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, HE Moussa Faki Mahamat, is following the situation in Burundi with great attention and takes note of the conduct of the General Elections of 20 May 2020.
The Chairperson of the Commission welcomes the climate of peace that prevailed throughout the electoral process and congratulates the Government and all Burundian political actors for the spirit of responsibility they displayed on that occasion.
MEDIA ADVISORY
TOPIC: “Placing Human Security at the Centre of Peace Enforcement, in the context of the COVID-19”
WHAT: Virtual Conference on Silencing the Guns in Africa
WHEN: Monday, June 1, 2020
TIME: 3.00–6.00 pm EAT (GMT+3)
THEME: “Silencing the Guns in Africa: creating conducive conditions for Africa’s development”
WHO: The Virtual Conference is organized by the Department of Peace and Security of the African Union Commission (AUC), under the Silencing the Guns Initiative
WHY:
The Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Quartey Thomas Kwesi, today announced a new African Union initiative under the auspices of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) - the Kofi Annan Global Health Leadership Programme - in memory of the lateKofi Atta Annan, seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and founding chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation.
