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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Strengthening data systems for better education planning is at the heart of the upcoming Liberia National Education Management Information System (EMIS) Peer Review and Policy Dialogue, scheduled to take place in Monrovia, Liberia
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, received the credentials of the newly appointed Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia and Head of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), Mr. El Hadji Ibrahima Diene.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, received Mr. Ali D. Mohamed, Special Envoy for Climate Change and Senior Advisor to the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Dr William Samoei Ruto.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, receives Amb. Alhaji Mohamed Sarjoh Bah, the newly appointed Permanent Representative of the African Union to the People’s Republic of China.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, welcomes the signing on 25 August 2025 of the agreement on the Revised Electoral Framework between H.E. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of the Federal Republic of Somalia and one political wing of the Salvation Forum, the main Somali opposition alliance, paving the way for the election of the upcoming federal President and Members of Parliament of Somalia.
The AU-AIP Water Investment Summit 2025, held from 13 to 15 August in Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, mobilised preliminary potential financial commitments estimated at a conservative USD 10–12 billion annually. These investments, pledged by development banks, investors, bilateral partners, and governments, are directed towards the project pipelines showcased at the Summit from across the continent.
Addis Ababa, 28 August 2025: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has learned with deep concern of the terrorist attacks carried out simultaneously on Tuesday, 19 August 2025, against Malian army positions in Farabougou and Biriki-Were, in the Ségou region.
The Chairperson of the Commission strongly condemns these attacks, claimed by the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), affiliated with Al-Qaeda, which tragically caused numerous casualties among both military personnel and civilians.
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, received in audience Ambassador Marie-Antoinette Rose-Quatre, Chief Executive Officer of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).
Their discussions focused on strengthening the partnership between the African Union Commission and APRM, particularly in areas such as good governance, economic development, peace and security, and capacity building.
The post-2022 Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction era is marked with appreciable progress towards the achievement of the Programme of Action for the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (PoA). Building on the Mauritius (2016), Tunis (2018) and Nairobi (2021) Declarations, the continent’s renewed commitment has translated into various high-level disaster risk reduction related undertakings.
To strengthen governance and coordination for the Africa Urban Resilience Programme (AURP), the African Union Commission has operationalised the Steering Committee and the Technical Working Group for the AURP. The inaugural meetings for both structures took place from 14 to 16 August 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa, where the terms of reference for both mechanisms were adopted.
