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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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.
The African Union Commission (AUC), jointly with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), visited Zambia from 10 to 14 March 2025 to assess the country's capacity to establish and operate the National Multi-hazard Early Warning for Early Action situation room.
The African Union (AU), through its Department for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry, and Minerals (ETTIM), invites African researchers, academics, practitioners, policymakers, and students to submit original, evidence-based articles for the 7th Congress of African Economists (CAE), scheduled from 10 to 12 November 2025, in Libreville, Gabon.
The African Union (AU), through its Department for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry, and Minerals (ETTIM), invites African researchers, academics, practitioners, policymakers, and students to submit original, evidence-based articles
Opening Remarks by H.E Ambassador Moses Vilakati, Commissioner Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (ARBE) Delivered on the occasion of the 14th Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) Governing Council Meeting
The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, led by the Ministry of Women, Family and Children (MFFE), in collaboration with the African Union International Centre for Girls and Women's Education in Africa (AU CIEFFA) and ZaZou Plus Group, organised a parallel event in margins of the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) under the theme: “30 years on, women's rights: Assessment and case studies”.
H.E Sune Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates and Chairperson of the PSC for March,
Excellencies, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Peace and Security Council,
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, concluded an official visit to the Republic of Angola from 18 to 19 March 2025, during which he met with H.E. João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola and the African Union Chairperson, a leading Champion of Peace and Security on the continent.
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