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AFRICAN UNION YOUTH VOLUNTEER CORPS (AU-YVC)
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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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AFRICAN UNION YOUTH VOLUNTEER CORPS (AU-YVC)
What: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 9th BATCH AU-YVC RECRUITMENT
Statement of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on the Occasion of the Ceremony to mark the First Joint Deposit of Instruments of Ratification of the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) by the Republic of Ghana and the Republic of Kenya
Addis Ababa, 10 May 2018
Yours Excellencies Ambassadors,
Your Excellency Madame Vera Songwe, ECA Executive Secretary,
Your Excellencies Commissioners,
Addis Ababa, 9 May 2018: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, expresses deep concern at the decision of the United States Government to unilaterally withdraw from the July 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) on the Iran nuclear programme and reimpose sanctions on Iran. He notes that the International Atomic Energy Agency has repeatedly con- firmed Iran’s full compliance with the terms of the Agreement, which was unani- mously endorsed by the United Nations Security Council.
What: Depositing of the instruments of ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) by the Special Envoy of the Republic of Kenya and Republic of Ghana.
Who: The AUC Chairperson will receive the Special Envoy of the Republic of Kenya and the Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana.
Introduction by Commissioner for Trade and Industry
When: Thursday, 10 May 2018
Time: 08:30
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 08 May 2018: The Commissioner for Political Affairs, Amb. Minata Samate Cessouma, represented by Mr. Mbari Calixte Aristide, Head of Democracy, Governance, Human Rights and Elections (DGHRE) Division, addressed the Opening Ceremony of the Continental Gender Consultation on the Draft 10-Year Action Plan of the Human and Peoples’ Rights Decade in Africa, taking place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 08-09 May 2018.
What: High Level Meeting of the African Union Commission and the Chairman of the Standing Committee of National People's Congress to the African Union.
When: Friday, 11th May 2018
Time: 10:00
Venue: VIP Reception Room, 2nd Floor, New Conference Centre
Addis Ababa, 09 May 2018- A new outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was declared on 08 May 2018 by the Government of Democratic Republic of Congo after two samples tested positive for EVD in Bikoro, Equateur Province.
Kigali, Rwanda, 4th April, 2018- The African Union Southern Africa Regional Office (AU-SARO) between 3-4th April 2018, took to the Republic of Rwanda, the representatives of member states from SADC and COMESA including; Permanent Secretaries of Ministries of Justice and Permanent Secretaries of Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Chairpersons for Parliamentary Committee on International Affairs and some relevant Non-Governmental Organisations from Southern Africa to learn and share experience in ratification and domestication of AU instruments; and sensitise the member states on AU-SARO’s prop
Nairobi, Kenya – May 8, 2018: The AUC through its Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture is holding a workshop to share experiences on successful agribusiness Public Private Partnerships (PPP) to catalyse investments in agribusiness development on the continent.
This is part of the Commission’s strategic plan to strengthen the agribusiness PPP collaboration as part of the goals to enhance private sector participation and investment in meeting the AU Malabo Declaration commitments.