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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Your excellency At Adem Farah, deputy PM and vice president of Prosperity party.
H.E Ambassador AmmaAdomaa Twum-Amoah, AUC Commissioner for HHS
Excellencies, Ministers of Health of both African an Caribbean countries
distinguished delegates, and esteemed colleagues,
Honourable Ministers of Health from African Union Member States,
Honourable Ministers of Health from Caribbean States,
Your Excellency Dr Carla Natalie Barnett, CARICOM Secretary General,
Your Excellency, Amb. Amma Twum-Amoah, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development (HHS) department
Esteemed Partners and participants,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Addis Ababa, 28 August 2025 – On 14 August 2025, the African Union announced the entry into force of the Revised African Maritime Transport Charter (2010), following the deposit of the fifteenth instrument of ratification by Uganda. This momentous occasion marks a historic step forward for the maritime sector on our continent, fifteen years after its adoption by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Kampala on 26 July 2010.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, extends his heartfelt congratulations to the Government and people of the Kingdom of Eswatini on the occasion of their Independence Day.
On this historic day, the African Union joins the people of Eswatini in celebrating the nation’s remarkable journey of sovereignty, unity, and resilience. The Chairperson pays tribute to the progress made by Eswatini in advancing peace, stability, and socio-economic development, while preserving its rich cultural heritage.
Opening Ceremony Remarks by H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson, African Union Commission, at the Second United Nations Framework Convention on Climate (UNFCCC), Climate Week 2025
A high-level international peer review of Liberia’s Education Management Information System (EMIS), led by the African Union Commission, through its Pan African Institute for Education for Development (AU-IPED), under the Global Partnership for Education’s Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (GPE KIX), a joint endeavour with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, concluded today.
