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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Legal and Socio economic consequences of immigration, refugees and internally displaced persons in Africa was at the center of discussion
December 18, 2017, Arusha, Tanzania– The Citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO) of the African Union Commission (AUC) in its capacity as the Secretariat of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC), will hold a pre-Summit meeting on 18 – 20 December in Arusha, Tanzania. This pre-summit that will precede the African Union Summit will dwelt on taking steps to account for and reflect on the socio-economic and political development and challenges of the continent with particular focus on the 2017 theme of the year ‘Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investment in Youth”.
Dear Fellow Africans,
Brussels, Belgium, 14 December 2017- As the African Union continues to step up its exchanges with African countries of origin to provide consular services to their nationals in Libya and granting of landing rights and neighbouring countries to grant over flight permits. The AU also welcomes and encourages its Member States to receive and resettle refugees and asylum seekers who cannot go back to their countries of origin and further welcomes those Member States that have offered logistic support to the evacuation exercise.
Honourable Prime Minister Haile Mariam Dessalegn,
Distinguished Representatives of IGAD Member States,
Representatives of partner countries and institutions,
Brothers and Sisters of South Sudan,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
This week will certainly remain in the annals as one of the most crucial in the post-independence history of South Sudan.
MEDIA ADVISORY
Second High Level Dialogue on Displacement
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
What: The African Union Commission (AUC) in partnership with the Norwegian
Refugee Council (NRC) will hold the Second High Level Dialogue on
Displacement and Launch of the Africa Report on internal Displacement
2017.
When: Friday 15 December 2017, at 9:00am
Where: African Union Commission, Addis Ababa (Small Conference Hall 4)
Press Release
The Chairperson visit to Egypt
8-10 December 2017
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1- Africa 2017 Forum:
With kind invitation from the Egyptian Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation the Chairperson of the African Union H.E. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahammat, attend Africa 2017 Forum, which was held in Sharm el Sheikh from 7-9th December 2017, under the high patronage of H.E. President Abdel Fatah Al Sisi.
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – 15 December 2017. The Department of Trade and Industry of the African Union Commission organized the Expert Working Group Meeting on Enterprise Africa Network under the theme: “Designing and Implementing SMEs Online Platforms through Public Private Partnership”. The main objective of the event is to propose a Roadmap with priority issues for the establishment of the African Entrepreneurial Network Flagship Project.
Swakopmund, Namibia, December 13, 2017 - The African Union Commission (AUC), the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) on Monday hosted a media breakfast to kick-start the 2017 PIDA Week in Swakopmund, Namibia providing journalists a rare opportunity to engage the principals of these institutions about infrastructure development in Africa.
