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 Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, received Ms. Nicole Stirling, Vice President and Chief Relations Officer of the Stirling Foundation.
today bid farewell to H.E. Mr. Ronald Micallef, Ambassador of Malta to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union, at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa.
The Chairperson commended Ambassador Micallef for his steadfast engagement in strengthening relations between the African Union and Malta, noting his commitment to promoting dialogue, cooperation, and mutual understanding.
African Union Continental Consultation on Synthetic Drug Supply Reduction
Gaborone, Botswana I 27 August 2025
Closing Remarks
H.E. Amb. Amma Twum-Amoah,
Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs
and Social Development
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (GoE) is pleased to announce significant progress in preparations for the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2).
Strengthening data systems for better education planning is at the heart of the upcoming Liberia National Education Management Information System (EMIS) Peer Review and Policy Dialogue, scheduled to take place in Monrovia, Liberia
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, received the credentials of the newly appointed Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia and Head of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), Mr. El Hadji Ibrahima Diene.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, received Mr. Ali D. Mohamed, Special Envoy for Climate Change and Senior Advisor to the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Dr William Samoei Ruto.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, receives Amb. Alhaji Mohamed Sarjoh Bah, the newly appointed Permanent Representative of the African Union to the People’s Republic of China.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, welcomes the signing on 25 August 2025 of the agreement on the Revised Electoral Framework between H.E. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of the Federal Republic of Somalia and one political wing of the Salvation Forum, the main Somali opposition alliance, paving the way for the election of the upcoming federal President and Members of Parliament of Somalia.
The AU-AIP Water Investment Summit 2025, held from 13 to 15 August in Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, mobilised preliminary potential financial commitments estimated at a conservative USD 10–12 billion annually. These investments, pledged by development banks, investors, bilateral partners, and governments, are directed towards the project pipelines showcased at the Summit from across the continent.
