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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On 10 December 1948, history was made when the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). As members of the United Nations, African Member States are part of the commemoration of this very important day in the international human rights calendar.
Addis Ababa, 10 December 2015: More than fifty officials of the African Union Commission, Pan African University, AU Member State Embassies in Addis Ababa, and PAU partners, have concluded two workshops held at the AUC headquarters in Addis Ababa. The workshops were convened to validate the University’s communications strategy and finalize a study on gender mainstreaming at PAU.
Addis Ababa, 10 December 2015: More than fifty officials of the African Union Commission, Pan African University, AU Member State Embassies in Addis Ababa, and PAU partners, have concluded two workshops held at the AUC headquarters in Addis Ababa. The workshops were convened to validate the University’s communications strategy and finalize a study on gender mainstreaming at PAU.
Libreville, the Republic of Gabon – 09 December 2015. The 1st Meeting of the African Union Customs Experts on the Development of a Trade Facilitation Strategy for Africa, commenced today in Libreville. The Meeting is organized in line with the Action Plan for Boosting Intra-African Trade (BIAT), and fast tracking the establishment of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) by 2017 and also taking into account the conclusions of the 9th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference held in Bali, Indonesia in December 2013.
Addis Ababa, 9 December 2015- In January 2015, the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) endorsed the establishment of a public health institute dedicated to the African continent. The purpose of this new organization, known as the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), is to reduce sickness and death by improving prevention, detection, and response to public health threats.
Paris, France 8 December 2015 – The joint Pan African lead institutions brought together African ministers; representatives of their leaders and policymakers to plan the way forward under a new climate change agreement in Paris while upholding Africa’s priorities through regional solidarity on the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) during the 2015 United National Conference on Climate Change in Paris (COP21) Africa Day event today.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 09 December 2015- Different stakeholders involved in ACP-EU relations called for a paradigm shift in the partnership after 2020. This was during a special session of the Fridays of the Commission that took place yesterday, 8 December 2015 at the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Intended Nationally Determined Contribution: Implications, Prospects and Africa’s Readiness to Contribute to Solutions
Paris, France, 09 December 2015- The Africa Renewable Energy Initiative was launched at a Session during the High-Level Meeting on “Lima-Paris Action Agenda: Focus on Energy” on 07 December, 2015 at the COP21. The Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) aims to add an additional 10 GW and 300 GW of renewable energy capacity to the African energy sector by 2020 and 2030, respectively, and is endorsed and supported by the Governments of France, Germany, U.S., and Canada.
The inaugural meeting of the Political Heads of the African Governance Architecture (AGA) and Platform took place in Kigali, Rwanda from December 9-10, 2015. This meeting followed the Fourth High Level Dialogue on Democracy, Governance and Human Rights focusing on 'Women's Equal Participation and Leadership in Political Parties' that took place from December 7-8, 2015.
The political meeting was opened by the Commissioner for Political Affairs, Dr. Aisha Abdullahi and the Chair of the AU Permanent Representative Committee Amb. Albert Chimbindi.
The meeting:
