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 Deputy Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E Amb. Selma Malika Haddadi, met with H.E. Mr. Atul Khare, UN Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support in New York this morning.
They discussed, & underscored the importance of deepening collaboration between the UN & the AU by leveraging respective comparative advantages& fostering knowledge sharing
H.E. Selma Malika Haddadi, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) is on the list of the keynote speakers who will address the High-level Political Forum (HLPF 2025) Ministerial segment on Sustainable Development, which kicked off on Monday, 21 July 2025 to Wednesday, 23 July 2025, in the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, USA.
On the margins of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF ) in New York, the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E Amb. Selma Malika Haddadi convened a strategic coordination meeting with the AU Commission delegation & the AU Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations. The meeting focused on advancing shared priorities, enhancing the visibility of African positions in global fora, and ensuring alignment with Agenda 2063 and the continent’s broader development aspirations.
The Validation Workshop on Scalable Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) Practices to End Learning Poverty in Africa was officially opened today. The two-day gathering, held at the African Union Commission (AUC) Headquarters in Addis Ababa from July 22 to 23, 2025, marks a significant step forward in the collective effort to address the continent’s learning crisis and ensure that every child acquires the essential foundational skills they deserve by age 10.
The African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, H.E. Ms Lerato D. Mataboge, has issued a strong call for urgent and coordinated international action to tackle Africa’s clean cooking crisis during the launch of a flagship report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) titled “Universal Access to Clean Cooking in Africa: Progress Update and Roadmap to Implementation”.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, warmly welcomes the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Alliance Fleuve Congo / March 23 Movement (AFC/M23) today in Doha, Qatar. This significant development marks a major milestone in the ongoing efforts to achieve lasting peace, security, and stability in eastern DRC and the wider Great Lakes region.
The Heads of State and Government, representing the Bureau of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) and Chairpersons of the Eight Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Regional Mechanisms (RMs), convened on 13 July 2025 at the Sipopo Conference Center in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, for the Seventh Mid-Year Coordination Meeting. The meeting was chaired by H.E.
The African Union’s International Centre for Girls and Women’s Education in Africa (AU CIEFFA) has begun a 3-day field visit to Seychelles as part of its monitoring and evaluation efforts for the implementation of the #AfricaEducatesHer Campaign.
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