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 African Union Commission through the Peace Fund Secretariat has signed an Agreement with the World Food Programme of the United Nations (WFP)
The 46th Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee (PRC) kicked off on 19 June 2023,
• Monsieur le Président du Comité des Représentants permanents
• Mesdames et Messieurs les Commissaires
• Mesdames et Messieurs les ambassadeurs, membres du Comité des Représentants permanents
• Mesdames et Messieurs les chefs d’organe et d’Agence
• Mesdames et Messieurs les chefs de Bureau de liaison des
Communautés économiques régionales et Mécanismes régionaux auprès de l’Union africaine
• Mesdames et Messieurs
Fridays of the Commission Policy Dialogue.
“Budget Openness for Africa: Key lever for achieving the African Union Agenda 2063”
The ministerial meeting reviewed the action plan framework of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); and the Africa Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan of Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).
The Republic of South Sudan has deposited instruments of ratification to the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, known as the Maputo Protocol, becoming the 44th Member State of the African Union (AU) to ratify the Treaty.
Outbreak Update: As of 3 May 2023, a total of 765,222,932 COVID-19 cases and 6,921,614 deaths (case fatality ratio [CFR]: 1%) have been reported globally by 232 countries and territories to the World Health Organization (WHO).
