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2021 Elections Calendar
COUNTRY TYPE OF ELECTION TENTATIVE DATE RUN-OFF 1. Uganda General 14 January 2. Niger Presidential 21 February 3. Cote d’Ivoire Parliamentary 06 March 4. CAR Parliamentary 14 Mars 5. Congo Presidential 21 March 6. Djibouti Presidential 09 April 7. Benin Presidential 11 April 8. Chad Presidential 11 April Parliamentary TBD 9. Cape Verde Parliamentary 18 April Presidential 17 October 10. Algeria Parliamentary 12 June 11. Ethiopia General 21 June / September 12. Sao Tome & Principe Presidential 18 July 13. Zambia General 12 August 14. Morocco Parliamentary 08 September 15.
Statement by the Outgoing Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma to the 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly Heads of State and Government of the African Union
Your Excellency, Professor Alpha Conde, President of the Republic of Guinea and Chairperson of the African Union
Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government,
Excellencies, Former Heads of State and former Secretaries General and Chairpersons of the OAU and AU
Excellencies, Ministers, Leaders of Organs, RECs, Representative offices, Ambassadors, Officials
Press Conference: AUC Director for Women, Gender and Development
Press Conference: AUC Commissioner for Peace and Security
Closing of the 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union
2016 African Union Kwame Nkrumah Continental Science Awards presented to winners during the 28th AU Summit
President Alpha Conde of Guinea Has Been Elected New Chairperson of the African Union (AU)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 30 January 2017: The new Chairperson of the African Union (AU), H.E. Mr. Alpha Conde, President of the Republic of Guinea, was elected today, Monday 30 January 2017, by the Heads of State and Government of the African Union, during their 28th Ordinary Session holding in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
President Alpha Conde is taking over from H.E. Mr. Idriss Deby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad as the new Chairperson of the African Union for the year 2017.