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.
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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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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 25 July 2017: The First Meeting of the Bureau of the Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Transregional and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism (STC-TTIIET) of the African Union (AU), convene today, 25 July 2017, at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Bureau of the AU Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Trans-Regional and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism convene its first meeting
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 25 July 2017: The First Meeting of the Bureau of the Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Transregional and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism (STC-TTIIET) of the African Union (AU), convene today, 25 July 2017, at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Meet Dr Alain Mukendi- a young African epidemiologist helping to fight Ebola
“I am proud to serve as an Africa CDC volunteer to help my country in the fight against Ebola”
Dr. Alain Mukendi, a medical epidemiologist, describes his career in volunteering and thanks Africa CDC for responding to the request of the Congolese authorities to support the post-Ebola period.
MEDIA ADVISORY
Launch of 2017 Report on World Food Assistance
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
WHAT: The African Union Commission (AUC) and the World Food Programme (WFP) will Co-launch the New Report of “World Food Assistance 2017”: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead
WHEN: Wednesday, 26th July 2017 at 9:00am
WHERE: African Union Commission (Small Conference Hall 3)
WHO: Jointly organized by the department of Political Affairs of the African Union Commission (AUC), and the World Food Programme (WFP)
Lusaka, 21 July 2017- Southern African countries met on Thursday and Friday to operationalize the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s (Africa CDC) Regional Collaborating Centres (RCC) in Lusaka, Zambia to improve surveillance, emergency response and prevention of infectious and non-communicable diseases. The Africa CDC is working to harness the public health assets that already exist in the region including universities, national public health institutes, private laboratories, centres of excellence, non-governmental organisations and veterinary networks.
Addis Ababa, 25 July 2017: In response to an invitation from the Government and the Electoral Commission of the Republic of Rwanda, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, His Excellency Moussa Faki Mahamat, has approved the deployment of a short-term African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to observe the upcoming Presidential election in the Republic of Rwanda scheduled for 4 August 2017.
ADDRESS OF THE AU COMMISSIONER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENERGY
FIRST MEETING OF THE BUREAU OF THE SPECIALISED TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT, TRANSREGIONAL AND INTERREGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY AND TOURISM (STC-TTIIET)
25th July 2017
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Dr. Amani ABOU-ZEID
Commissioner, Infrastructure and Energy
African Union Commission
Juba, South Sudan, 22 July 2017: The African Union Commission (AUC) in accordance with the Communiqué of the 547th meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) of 29 September 2015, embarked on a consultative mission to Juba from 20 to 22 July 2017 to engage with the Transitional Government of National Unity on the implementation of Chapter V (3) of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan of August 2015 (“Peace Agreement”), which relates to the establishment of the Hybrid Court for South Sudan.
Johannesburg, 30 June 2017: Moctar Yedaly, Head of Information Society in the Department of Infrastructure and Energy of the African Union Commission has been awarded the Eagle of “DotAfrica AVANTE GARDE” at a Ceremony held to recognize the contribution of African Experts in the implementation of the Dot African Domain Name in the margins of the 59th Meeting of the Internet Corporation of Assignment Names and Numbers (ICANN 59) in Johannesburg.
Addis-Ababa, 03 July 2017: The roadshow to officially launch the new .africa (dotAfrica) geographic Top Level Domain (gTLD) kicked off at the 29th African Union (AU) Summit held at the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Monday, 03 July 2017. During the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the AU, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat kick started the Africa wide .africa awareness campaign across the continent.
