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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November 19, 2018: Mr Liu Yuxi’s, the new Ambassador and Head of Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the African Union (AU), Mr Liu Yuxis on Monday a courtesy visit to H.E. Amb. Minata Samate Cessouma, the Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union Commission.
Libreville, le 23 Novembre 2018 - Organisé par le Département des Ressources Humaines, Science et Technologie de la Commission de l’Union Africaine (CUA), en collaboration avec le Gouvernement gabonais, l’Agence Gabonaise d’Etudes et d’Observation Spatiale (AGEOS) et l’Union Européenne, le 1er forum du Programme d’Appui à la Surveillance mondiale pour l’environnement, la sécurité et l’Afrique (GMES & Africa) s’est tenu du 19 au 23 novembre au Stade de l’Amitié Sino-Gabonaise de Libreville en République Gabonaise, sous le thème « Capitaliser le potentiel de l’observation de la terre en
Accra, Ghana:20th - 23rd November 2018: The African Union Commission (AUC), Partnership Division in collaboration with the Africa Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) an AU specialized technical agency, convened the 2nd Annual Conference of the African Union Partnerships Coordination & Interactive Platform (AU-PCIP) in Accra Ghana.
Addis Ababa, 18 November 2018: The African Union Commission and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) organized today a High Level breakfast meeting on Digital Identity on the margins of the 11th Extraordinary Assembly of the African Union (AU).
The overall objective of the meeting was to spearhead the advocacy for a continental framework on Digital ID and provide technical inputs to the discourse on Digital ID on the continent, define and shape standards for Digital ID in Africa.
22 November 2018, Addis Abeba: Following allegations of harassment against women levelled through an anonymous letter, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission instituted a High-Level Committee (HLC) on 24 May 2018 to fully investigate all these allegations.
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African Risk Capacity & African Union Open Workshop on Transforming Disaster Risk Financing towards Agenda 2063
Addis Ababa , 26th November 2018 -The African Risk Capacity (ARC) and the African Union Department for Rural Economy and Agriculture (DREA) this morning opened a 2-day workshop under the theme, ‘Transforming Disaster Risk Financing towards Agenda 2063’ at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.
Addis Abeba, le 23 novembre 2018: Le Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine, Moussa Faki Mahamat, note avec satisfaction la saisine, par l’Algérie, du Secrétaire général de l'Union du Maghreb arabe (UMA) pour l'organisation, dans les délais les plus rapprochés, d'une réunion du Conseil des ministres des Affaires étrangères de l'UMA. Il encourage tous les États membres de l’UMA à œuvrer à la tenue rapide de la réunion proposée et, plus globalement, à la relance de la construction maghrébine.
Djibouti, 20 November 2018- The African Union (AU) in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the Republic of Djibouti yesterday launched the 4th Pan African Forum on Migration (PAFOM) in Djibouti under the theme: ‘Harnessing the benefits of Free Movement of persons regime for sustainable development in Africa’ to provide a more focused engagement with all relevant Migration stakeholders including Regional Economic Communities (RECs), AU Member States, private sector, academia, parliamentarians, Africa
Ibadan, Nigeria: On Thursday, 15 November and Saturday 17 November 2018, the Pan African University Institute of Life and Earth Sciences (PAULESI) held the graduation ceremony for its fifth cohort of Masters Students and second batch of Ph.D students who successfully completed years of intensive training in the areas of Plant Breeding, Environmental Management, Petroleum Geology, Petroleum Geosience, Petroleum Engineering, Forestry, Mineral Exploration and Reproductive Health.
Addis Ababa, Monday 26th November 2018 : The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN), together with the International Olympic Committee and the #MeToo Movement, three important initiatives driving global change, will receive the first POWER, TOGETHER Awards during the inaugural Women Leaders Global Forum on November 28 in Reykjavik, Iceland.
