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.
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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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Message of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission
H.E. Mousa Faki Mahamat
on the occasion of
International Women’s Day 2023
Theme: “DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality - 20 Years of Maputo Protocol”
My Dear Sisters,
5 mars 2023, Addis Abeba: Le Directeur de Cabinet du Président de la Commission de l’Union Africaine, Pr Mohamed el Hacen Lebatt, a été reçu hier à Moroni par le Président de la Fédération des Comores et président en exercice de l’Union Africaine, S.E. Colonel Azali Assoumani a qui il à délivré un message verbal du Président Moussa Faki Mahamat.
L’entretien a porté sur les dossiers prioritaires qui mobiliseront la Commission et le Président en exercice de l’Union.
3 March 2023, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E Moussa Faki MAHAMAT warmly congratulates H.E. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress party, for being proclaimed winner of the presidential elections held on 25 February 2023 in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, following the announcement of the official election results by the Independent Electoral Commission.
Heads of African Union Member States have called for more commitment and accountability in Africa’s effort to achieve continental and global goals for nutrition ahead of the 2025 World Health Assembly Nutrition target deadline.
The Africa Multi-hazard Early Warning and Action System (AMHEWAS) Situation Room welcomed a Head of State of an African Union Member State for the first time.
Hon. Pal Mai, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of the Republic of South Sudan, paid a courtesy visit to the Directorate of Sustainable Environment and Blue Economy (SEBE) on the sidelines of the thirty-sixth (36th) Assembly of the AU Heads of State and Government.
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have agreed to strengthen their ongoing partnership in resilience building in Africa.
8TH AFRICA DAY OF SCHOOL FEEDING
THEME: “Boosting Local Food Procurement Systems and Regional Value Chains: The role of AfCFTA for Sustained Home-grown School Feeding Programmes and Improved Learning”.
The Heads of the Election Observation Missions of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Africa Union (AU), note with concern signs of increasing tensions in the country following the 25th February general elections.
