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African Forum on Mining Calls for Bold Action to Transform the Continent’s Mineral Sector
The 3rd African Forum on Mining (AFM), held from March 19 to 21, 2025, at the African Union Commission’s Headquarters, concluded with a strong call to action for African nations to harness their vast mineral wealth for sustainable development, industrialization, and economic transformation.
Statement by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on the Reported Detention of South Sudan’s First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, expresses deep concern over reports regarding the detention of the First Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan, Dr. Riek Machar.
African Union and European Union Celebrate 25 Years of Strengthened Partnership
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.
Validation of the Africa Union Ocean Governance Strategy and Implementation Plan and Capacity Enhancement on the UNCLOS BBNJ Agreement
We must do more to break barriers for rural women farmers and address the deeply rooted structural inequalities.
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
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

Chairperson of the African Union Commission Acknowledges the Role of the Luanda Process and Angola’s Leadership in Supporting Dialogue on the Crisis in Eastern DRC
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.
H.E. Moses Vilakati Salutes the achievements of the previous Commissioners of ARBE and DREA Respectively
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.