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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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Madrid, Spain, 11 December 2019 – Africa Day which took place on Tuesday 10 December 2019 on the sidelines of the twenty-fifth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 25) in Madrid, Spain, was a crowd puller.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22 November 2019: Dr Nicaise Ndembi has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Health in Africa for a term of four years. He was unanimously selected by members of the Editorial Board of the journal during the first board meeting held on 21 and 22 November 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2 December 2019: The Health Minister of Togo, Prof. Moustafa Mijiyawa, has been elected Chair of the Africa CDC Governing Board for a term of three years. He was unanimously chosen by representatives of Member States present in the 6th meeting of the Board in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 2 December 2019.
The development and expansion of digital technologies has brought invaluable opportunities for young people to learn, socialize and communicate. However, it has also provided offenders with increased opportunities – and a range of new capabilities – to abuse children on a mass scale.
Addis Abéba, le 11 décembre 2019: Le Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine, Moussa Faki Mahamat, a appris avec consternation l’attaque terroriste perpétrée le 10 décembre 2019 contre les forces armées nigériennes à Inates dans l'ouest du pays.
Le Président de la Commission condamne fermement cette attaque ignoble et présente ses condoléances les plus attristées aux familles des soldats tombés et souhaite un prompt rétablissement aux blessés.
Meeting of the Assembly of the African Union Begins
DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION
Press Release No: /2020 Date: 09/02/2020
Venue: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union opened today at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting which will run from the 9th to 10th February is being held under the 2020 theme of the year, “Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Development. “
Media Advisory/ 33rd AU Summit
36th ORDINARY SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Theme: “Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Development”
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
When: Thursday 6 to Friday 7 February 2020 as from 10:00 a.m.
Where: Nelson Mandela Hall, African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Who: Organized by the African Union Commission (AUC)
MEDIA ADVISORY
39th Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee
INVITATION TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES
What: Thirty Ninth (39th) Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) to be held under the theme of the year: “Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Development”.
Who: The 39th Ordinary Session of the PRC is organized by the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the host government, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
When: 21-22 January 2020
What: Visit of H.E. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the African Union Chamipon of the theme of the Year to the Republic of Uganda to visit Refugee Settlement
When: 14 December 2019
Where: Kiryondongo Refugee Settlement
Who: H.E. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the African Union Chamipon of the theme of the Year to the Republic of Uganda to visit Refugee Settlement
