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 Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), dedicated its 693rd meeting held on 14 June 2017, to an Open Session on the implementation of the AU Master Roadmap of Practical Steps to Silence the Guns in Africa by the year 2020.
The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), at its 648th meeting held on 16 January 2017, considered the Draft African Union Master Roadmap of Practical Steps to Silence the Guns in Africa by the Year 2020 and adopted the following decision
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7 November 2016, Lusaka; The African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) Retreat opened today in Lusaka under the theme: Practical Steps to Silence the Guns in Africa by 2020. Speaking when he opened the Retreat, H.E.
9 November 2016, Lusaka; The African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) today concluded its three-day Retreat in Lusaka, with the adoption of an AU Master Roadmap on practical steps for silencing the guns in Africa by 2020.
Addis Ababa March 24, 2020: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat, has learned with deep sadness of the deadly and quasi simultaneous attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram against a Chadian army position in the area of Boma, in the Lake Chad region, and a convoy of the Nigerian army in Konduga in Borno State,Nigeria.
Africa’s response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak has received a major boost, after the donation of medical equipment, including over 1.5 million laboratory diagnostic test kits and over 100 tons for infection prevention and control commodities, by the Jack Ma Foundation and the Alibaba Foundation.
Addis-Abeba, 21 mars 2020 : Le président de la Commission de l'Union africaine, Moussa Faki Mahamat, suit de près les développements en République de Guinée dans le cadre des élections législatives et du référendum constitutionnel prévues le 22 mars 2020.Il exprime sa préoccupation face aux tensions et aux divergences qui prévalent entre les acteurs politiques et à leurs conséquences potentielles sur la stabilité à long terme du pays.
