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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the 40th Session of the African Union Executive Council formally adopted the ‘Strategic, Business and Operational Framework for an African Diaspora Finance Corporation (ADFC)’ as the framework for the African Union legacy project on diaspora investment.
The African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC) will in December 2022 hold the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) elections to constitute its fourth Permanent General Assembly (PGA).
Briefing on the latest developments on the convening of the African Union Summit on Industrialization and Economic Diversification.
Over the past few years, the increase in global food prices, followed by the economic and financial crisis, have pushed more people into poverty, vulnerability and hunger. Even though the number of undernourished people has fallen globally by 13.2 percent from 1 billion to 868 million in the last 20 years Africa’s share in the world’s undernourished population has decreased from 35.5 percent in 1990 to 22 percent in 2019. However, this alarming rate still calls for stronger efforts to improve food security and nutrition in the continent.
Addis Ababa, 30 March 2022: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, was shocked to learn of the attack on a passenger train between Abuja-Kaduna on 29 March 2022.
The Chairperson condemns in the strongest terms this heinous act which led to the tragic loss of life of passengers and left others declared missing.
The Chairperson extends his sincere condolences to the bereaved families and wishes a full recovery to the injured.
You're invited to attend the Expo 2020 Dubai closing Ceremony, the first world expo to be held in the MENA region. The journey that started 182 days ago has welcomed over twenty (20) million visitors from across the world under the theme “connecting mind building the future”. This is the also the first time the African Union and every African nation have had a dedicated pavilion.
Today, the African Union (AU) and Uniting to Combat NTDs signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to end neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) across the AU Member States by 2030.
The Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS) of the African Union Commission (AUC) has organised a technical review and validation workshop of the draft African Union (AU) Guide
This serves to inform all members of the media that the Africa CDC weekly press briefing to share updates on COVID-19 response in Africa will NOT hold for this week.
Warm greetings and welcome to Addis Ababa.
