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 second meeting of the African Union (AU) Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism (STC-TTIIET).
ADDIS ABABA, 21 February 2019 – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat and Mrs Assetou Koite, president of the Pan African Women Organization signed today a Memorandum of Understanding between the AU and PAWO, thereby operationalizing the later as a Specialized Agency of the AU.
The event follows the decision in January 2017 by the AU Heads of State and Government to grant the status of a Specialized Agency to PAWO.
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The African Union Launches a Continental Initiative to End Female Genital Mutilation and Save 50 million Girls at Risk
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African Union Prepares for Expo 2020 Dubai
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 19 February 2019: The Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has invited the African Union (AU) to participate in the Expo 2020 Dubai, set to hold from 20 October 2020 to 10 April 2021 on the theme: "Connecting Minds, Creating the Future", with the sub-themes: “Sustainability, Mobility and Opportunity”. The Government of UAE has also offered a Pavilion to AU to ensure its effective participation.
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African Union Election Observation Missions deployed in Nigeria and Senegal
Addis Ababa, 20 February 2019: As two Member States of the African Union, the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Republic of Senegal, hold crucial elections on 23 and 24 February 2019 respectively, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahatma, has authorized the deployment of African Union Election Observation Missions (AUEOMs) to the two countries.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 20 February 2019: The new Namibian Permanent Representative to the African Union, Amb. Emilia Ndinealo Mkusa, presented today her Credentials to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat.
Following the presentation, the AU Commission Chairperson and the newly appointed Permanent Representative exchanged views on the importance of implementing Agenda 2063, the reforms of the Union and other policies to advance development on the continent.
