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Cairo, Egypt, 15 December 2025 - The African Energy Commission (AFREC) has convened the second session of its continental training on Renewable Energy Project Planning, Development and Financing in Cairo, scaling up efforts to strengthen Africa’s capacity to translate renewable energy strategies into bankable and implementable projects.

Le Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine, S.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, a reçu S.E. Hervé Djokpe, Représentant permanent de la République du Bénin auprès de l’Union africaine. Dans le contexte de la récente tentative de coup d’État militaire au Bénin, le Président de la Commission a réaffirmé la politique de tolérance zéro de l’Union africaine à l’égard des changements anticonstitutionnels de gouvernement, ainsi que le soutien ferme de l’Union aux autorités légitimes du Bénin.

The African Union convened a three-day continental technical experts’ meeting to develop a new continental strategic framework and action plan on drug control and crime prevention in Maputo, Mozambique from 18th to 20th November, 2025. This meeting follows the backdrop of a comprehensive end-of-term evaluation of progress by Member States in implementing the nine strategic pillars of the African Union Plan of Action on Drug Control and Crime Prevention (2019 - 2025).

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, received H.E. George Orina, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kenya to the African Union, and H.E. Alexis Lamek, Ambassador of France to African Union. The exchange focused on preparations for the Africa–France Summit “Africa Forward”, to be co-hosted by Kenya and France and scheduled to take place in Nairobi in 2026, during which the two ambassadors conveyed the invitation to the Chairperson.