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.
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The African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) launched a year-long celebration marking the 25th anniversary of their enduring and unique partnership, since the first Africa-Europe Summit on 3-4 April 2000 in Cairo.
Every planting season, women in our villages wake up before dawn, their hands rough from years of tilling the land. They labour tirelessly under the scorching sun, sowing maize, cassava, pearl millet, sorghum, cowpeas, or peanuts.
Official Statement on World Tuberculosis Day
H.E. Amb. Amma A. Twum-Amoah - Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development,
African Union Commission
24 March 2025
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, 21 March 2025 – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, commends the important role played by the Luanda Process, facilitated under the leadership of His Excellency João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola, and the African Union Chairperson.
Commissioner ARBE at the African Union Commission, extends his heartfelt congratulations to H.E. Amb. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko on her recent appointment as the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Angola to the Republic of Italy.
The African Union Commission (AUC), jointly with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), visited Zambia from 10 to 14 March 2025 to assess the country's capacity to establish and operate the National Multi-hazard Early Warning for Early Action situation room.
The African Union (AU), through its Department for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry, and Minerals (ETTIM), invites African researchers, academics, practitioners, policymakers, and students to submit original, evidence-based articles for the 7th Congress of African Economists (CAE), scheduled from 10 to 12 November 2025, in Libreville, Gabon.
The African Union (AU), through its Department for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry, and Minerals (ETTIM), invites African researchers, academics, practitioners, policymakers, and students to submit original, evidence-based articles
