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.
The AU offers exciting opportunities to get involved in determining continental policies and implementing development programmes that impact the lives of African citizens everywhere. Find out more by visiting the links on right.
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“There’s no need to panic about the new Omicron variant because we have the tools to fight against COVID-19 and all the different variants. Vaccines are available and continue to flow around the continent steadily, and we also encourage the public to get vaccinated against the virus because it is the only way to protect yourself.”
I would like to thank the Government of the United Kingdom for inviting us to address the Vaccines and Global Health Security Session of the G7 Foreign and Development Ministerial meeting. This is a vital and sensitive issue for Africa and the rest of the world, particularly the crucial issue of vaccines against COVID-19 and its different variants for our shared global health security.
Given the limited time, I would like to focus my remarks on three aspects: delivery of vaccines, manufacturing of vaccine in Africa before concluding the African Strategy on these issues.
On 10 December of every year, the world, including Africa celebrates the International Human Rights Day, the day when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948.
The Declaration set out a broad range of fundamental human rights and freedoms to which all of us, everywhere across the world, are entitled to, including the right to development. It guarantees our rights without distinction of nationality, place of residence, gender, national or ethnic origin, religion, language, or any other status.
“I Belong To Me” is a celebration of the African History and Heritage on Girls’ and Women’s Human Rights and the path towards the elimination of Harmful Practices, Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage. The main character, an 11 year-old girl called Saleema, travels the Continent to visit the cities where the main African policies related to Girls and Women’s rights were adopted in order to discover that there is legitimacy and power in her voice and in her dreams.
Distinguished colleagues from the media, representatives from the Diplomatic corps, development partners, AWIM media partners and sponsors
I am speaking to you on behalf of my Director, Ms Leslie Richer.
My message today is very simple. It is one of congratulations and solidarity.
Today, we are gathered in this virtual space, as African women in the media and the communications sector, to see how we can continue the noble work of producing and disseminating content that informs, educates, and in some cases, entertains.
The Republic of Uganda became the eighteenth (18th) African Union (AU) member state to deposit the instrument of ratification of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) at the AU Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Republic of Uganda ratified the Treaty on the 11 November 2021 in Kampala, Uganda.
The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment of the AUC in collaboration with the African Export Import Bank (Afrexim Bank), the Secretariat of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) organized the Second meeting of the Common African Agro-Parks (CAAPs) Steering Committee (CAAPs-SC) on at the margin of the Intra-African Trade Fair in Durban (IATF 2021), Durban South Africa. The meeting was held on 18th November 2021 in Durban, South Africa.
African experts, stakeholders and leaders in the area Road Safety have celebrated the African Road Safety Day this year on the 21st November 2021. The African Union Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the World Bank and the Office of the United Nations Secretary General Special Envoy for Road Safety have joined hands to discuss Road Safety priorities in the African continent and raise awareness on the status of road safety on the continent. The ceremony which took place on 24th November 2021, was organized through videoconference.
