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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Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 9th - 10th October 2017 - The Commissioner for Human Resources Science and Technology, H.E. Prof. Sarah Anyang Agbor made a keynote speech at the Periperi U Annual Consultative Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction that was held on 10th October 2017in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Addis Ababa, 12 October 2017 – Did you know that about 90% of the world's visually impaired persons live in developing countries? On the global outlook, it is estimated that 285 million people are visually impaired worldwide, 39 million are blind and 240 million have low vision. These gloom statistics were highlighted during the commemoration of the 2017 World Sight Day. The African Union observed the day under the theme “making our vision count”, as it seeks to raise awareness on glaucoma, as one of the leading causes of blindness.
MEDIA ADVISORY
African Union to Commemorate the International Day for Disaster Reduction
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
What: Commemoration of the International Day for Disaster Reduction
(IDDR) 2017.
Theme: Home Safe Home, Reducing Exposure, and Reducing Displacement
When: Friday, 13 October 2017 at 9:00am
Where: African Union Commission (Old Plenary Hall)
MEDIA ADVISORY
Second Ordinary Session of Specialized Technical Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
What: The African Union will hold the Second Ordinary Session of the Specialized
Technical Committee (STC) on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
Theme: Opportunities for Migration and Free Movement of persons in Africa and
Mitigating Challenges
The President and Parliamentarians of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) undertook a working visit to the United States of America, Washington DC, from 25 September to 3 October 2017, to advocate against the sanctions on the Sudan. The Delegation was led by the President of PAP, Honorable Roger Nkodo Dang.
The Mission was facilitated by H.E. Dr. Arikana Chihombori Quao, Permanent Representative of the African Union Representational Mission to the USA.
