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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24 June 2021, Algiers, Algeria: The African Energy Commission (AFREC) concluded its workshop deliberations on bioenergy monitoring and reporting in Africa calling for accurate, effective and reliable data required for sound bioenergy policy and decisions making in Africa.
Excellencies, Heads of State and Government,
Your Excellency, President Edward Lungu,
The Esteemed Kaunda family,
Ladies and Gentlemen ,
“The Independence of Zambia is meaningless if the rest of the Region remains under colonial rule.” These words speak volumes of who President Kenneth Kaunda was, and how much he was willing to sacrifice for the benefit of the African continent.
Today, we are united in deep gratitude for the life of President Kaunda, a unifier who had the unique ability to rally us all behind the cause of Pan Africanism.
The African Union Advisory Board on Corruption will lead African Anti-Corruption Day events convened under the theme “Regional Economic Communities: Critical Actors in the Implementation of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption”.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, is following closely the situation in the Kingdom of Eswatini and is deeply concerned at the ongoing political and security situation in The Kingdom.
The Chairperson condemns in the strongest terms the incidents of violence that have led to the loss of life, looting and destruction of public and private property.
MEDIA ADVISORY
The Fourth (4th) Ordinary Session of the Specialised Technical Committee (STC) on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (MR&IDPS-STC)
INVITATION TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
What: The Fourth (4th) Ordinary Session of the Specialised Technical Committee (STC) on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (MR&IDPS-STC).
40515-wd-52397_F_Theme_4Post-conflict_reconstruction_development_for_refugees_and_IDPs_in_Africa.pdf 40515-wd-52397_A_Theme_4Post-conflict_reconstruction_development_for_refugees_and_IDPs_in_Africa.pdf 40515-wd-52394_ATheme_5_-_Revitalizing_resource_mobilization_and_financing_for_humanitarian_acti.pdfIn June 2020, the African Union and UNICEF launched the No Name Campaign, an initiative aimed at promoting the right for every child in Africa to a legal identity, and therefore to justice.
Twenty-nine (29) participants drawn from the African Union Commission, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), , Business Africa, International Organization for Migration (IOM), International Labour Organization (ILO), Diaspora African Forum and Organization of African Trade Union Unity. The meeting was convened with the understanding that different RECs are at different levels of progress in labour migration governance, hence the need to facilitate experience sharing and capacity building.
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
OVERVIEW: This briefing is a weekly engagement of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) with the media to share critical updates on the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa and the status of implementing the adapted Africa Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 Outbreak, including Africa CDC’s response activities and the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in AU Member States.
