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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Yaoundé, 14th May 2018: The African Union Commission commenced the training of young researchers to deliver the 2018 Status of African Youth Report, under the African Union Volunteer Corps in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The training, which started on the 14th of May, will run to the 17th of the same month.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 22, 2018: The Consultation and Experience Sharing Workshop between the Sahel and the Horn of Africa on Peace-building and the Prevention of Violent Extremism through Education kicked off today at the African Union Headquarters. The workshop is organized by the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with UNESCO-International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA).
Addis Ababa, 19 April 2018 – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat received the letter of credence of two Ambassadors from the Republic of Fiji Islands and the Republic of Bangladesh, respectively.
Addis Ababa, 19 May 2018 – After five years as the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Mozambique to the African Union, H.E. Mr. Manuel Jose bids farewell to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, on 19th May 2018 at the AU Headquarters.
Addis Ababa, 19 May 2018 – H.E. Mr. William Azumah Awinador-Kanyrige, Ambassador of Republic of Ghana paid a farewell visit to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, on 19th May 2018.
Addis Ababa, 18 May 2018 – Amb. Alaoui M’Hammdi, former Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco bids farewell to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat at the headquarters of the AU Commission in Addis Ababa.
OPENING STATEMENT BY H. E. PROF. SARAH ANYANG AGBOR COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RESOURCES, SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION ON THE OCCASION OF WORKSHOP ON TEACHER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR PEACE-BUILDING IN THE HORN OF AFRICA AND SURROUNDING COUNTRIES 22ND – 23RD MAY, 2018 ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
Your Excellencies,
Distinguished delegates,
Colleagues,
Ladies and Gentlemen
Kinshasa/ Bandaka/Bikoro, 20 May 2018 - The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is deploying 25 epidemiologists, laboratory experts, and anthropologists to support the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) efforts to control the recent Ebola virus outbreat in Mbandaka and Bikoro. Following the announcement on 8 May 2018 of the Ebola outbreak by the government of DRC, the Africa CDC deployed an assessment mission within 48 hours and activated its Emergency Operational Centre to link, scan and monitor the situation.
Lilongwe, Malawi, 11th May 2018- Ahead of the Africa Day Celebration which falls on 25th May, 2018, the African Union Southern Africa Regional Office (AU-SARO), in collaboration with the Malawi Government and the African Group of Ambassadors in Malawi, on Saturday, 19th May 2018, organized Sports activities comprising Aerobics in which everyone interested participated and a social soccer match between Principal Secretaries of the government of Malawi and members of the Diplomatic Corps in Malawi at the Bingu National Stadium (BNS) in Lilongwe.
Addis Abeba/Brussels, 21 May 2018: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, arrived today in Brussels, for the annual College-to-College meeting with the European Commission. The Chairperson’s delegation includes members of the Commission and other senior officials of the Commission.
This meeting is taking place against the backdrop of the 5th Summit between the African Union and the European Union held in Abidjan in November 2017. It will take stock of progress made in the follow-up to the Abidjan Declaration and chart the way forward.
