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 European Union renews its support to the African Peace and Security Architecture with a new financial agreement of 40.5 million Euro
Nine African countries have now reported cases of the coronavirus disease outbreak. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (AfricaCDC) is deploying human and material resources to support response by the countries and monitoring occurrences as the outbreak evolves.
Opening Remarks Thokozile Rudvidzo Director, Gender, Poverty and Social Policy Division (GPSPD) at the CONSULTATIVE MEETING
While the idea of human security has been spreading globally and locally, albeit unevenly, few studies have analytically examined and responded to contextual threats for people-centred, comprehensive, context-specific and prevention-oriented analysis and exploring basic security questions.
In recognition of their outstanding achievements and discoveries in science, technology and innovation, the African Union awarded six (6) top scientists the prestigious African Union Kwame Nkrumah Awards for Scientific Excellence (AUKNASE).
The Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), HE Mr Kwesi Quartey, received United Nations (UN) Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on Human Security, HE Amb Yukio Takasu, at the AUC today.
TOWARDS DEVELOPING AN AFRICAN HUMAN SECURITY
INDEX – ON PRACTICES, METHODS AND DESIGNS
Your Excellency Mr. Yukio Takasu, Special Adviser to the Secretary General on Human Security,
My Sister Dr. Thokozile Ruzvidzo, Director, Gender, Poverty and Social Policy Division of UNECA
Mr. Gerald Mitchell, Deputy Head of Office and Director of Political Affairs, UNOAU,
Mr. Markus Awatre, Director, African Union Cooperation Friedrich Ebert Stiftung,
Colleagues from the United Nations and AUC,
Experts on Human Security Index,
HE Albert R Chimbindi, Ambassador of the Republic of Zimbabwe to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union paid a courtesy call on the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, HE Mr Kwesi Quartey to bid him farewell at the end of his tenure.
