COVID19: Stop the Stigma
COVID19: Stop the Stigma
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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COVID19: Stop the Stigma
Mes concitoyens africains,
La célébration ce 5 mai 2021 de la sixième édition de la Journée du Patrimoine Mondial africain, proclamée par l’Unesco en 2015, est l’occasion pour nous de rappeler, chaque année, l’impérieuse nécessité d’identifier, de protéger et de valoriser l’immense et riche patrimoine culturel de l’Afrique. Ce patrimoine se trouve dans nos villes et nos villages, nos forêts et nos déserts, nos fleuves et nos lacs, nos montagnes et nos sous-sols.
In line with the African Union Theme for the year 2021 “Art’s Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want the African Union through the Information and Communication Directorate (IDC), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) have joined forces to launch the Agenda 2063 Africa Photojournalism Project for African Female Journalists.
OVERVIEW:This briefing is a weekly engagement of the Africa Centres of 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 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.
Le président de la Commission de l’Union africaine, Moussa Faki Mahamat, à appris avec une grande consternation les attaques terroristes de ces derniers jours contre les populations civiles à l'Est du Burkina Faso et au Mali qui ont fait des dizaines de morts, et contre les Forces de defense du Niger dont 16 ont perdu la vie.
During the Eleventh Extraordinary Session held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 17-18 November 2018, the AU Assembly rationalised and established six (6) portfolios, among which Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS) was created as a merger of two separate departments namely (i) Political Affairs and (ii) Peace and Security.
The new department focuses on one of the four key priorities of the African Union, in particular, (i) political affairs, (ii) peace and security, (iii) economic integration and (iv) Africa's global representation and voice.
The Special Envoy of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission is following with great concern the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Palma and other districts of Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado and the impact on women and girls.
Convened in terms of Article 64 (2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, read together with Rules 27 and 28 of the Rules of Procedure of the ACHPR, 2020
1st May 2021, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Every year, the world of work celebrates the International Labour Day on the 1st of May Predated by conceptual intent to protect the cardinal human rights, from its first celebration, International Workers’ Day has always been a moment of promotion of the rights of workers.