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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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 4 September 2018- The outgoing Tunisia Ambassador today bade farewell to the African Union after serving his term as a Permanent Representative to the Union.
H.E. Sahbi Khalfallah, Ambassador of Tunisia to Ethiopia, paid his farewell courtesy calls to H.E Mrs. Minata Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs, at the Union’s headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Hague, 10 September 2018 – The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) commenced hearing of oral submissions in the “Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s Appeal against the Decision under Article 87(7) of the Rome Statute on the Non-Compliance by Jordan with the request by the Court for the Arrest and Surrender of Omar Al-Bashir”.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7 September, 2018 - Following its first meeting held from 3-4 May 2017 at African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Senate of the Pan African University, which represents the statutory body of the University in charge of academic affairs and research, held its second meeting from 3-4 September 2018, during a workshop for the validation of the Pan African University Research and Publication Policy. The meeting was aimed at reviewing the PAU development policy and more specifically the PAU Research and Publication Policy.
Addis Ababa, September 12, 2018- The annual meeting of the Representatives of Internal Audit Services of United Nations (UNRIAS) and the Representative of Internal Audit Services, of Multilateral financial institutions and other associated intergovernmental organizations (RIAS) took place in AU Headquarters from the 10th to 13th September 2018.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 16 July 2018: The African Union and the United Nations, with the support of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, and with the participation of the AU Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security, H.E. Bineta Diop, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, H.E. Amina J. Mohammed; the Executive Director of UN Women, H.E. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, and the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Africa, H.E.
The Hague, 14 September 2018 – The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) concluded hearing of oral submissions in the “Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s Appeal against the Decision under Article 87(7) of the Rome Statute on the Non-Compliance by Jordan with the request by the Court for the Arrest and Surrender of Omar Al-Bashir”.
H.E. KOFI ATTAH ANNAN – BUSUMURU (1938-2018)
7TH SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
A PERSONAL APPRECIATION
Addis Ababa, 14 September 2018 – H.E. Fadlassid Ali Naffa, new Ambassador of the Republic of Chad presented his credentials to H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, on 14 September 2018 at the AU Commission Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Addis Ababa, 17 September 2018: Following an invitation from the Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission His Excellency Moussa Faki Mahamat, has authorized the deployment of an African Union Short-Term Election Observation Mission to the Kingdom of Eswatini’s General Elections scheduled for 21 September 2018.
