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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AU finance ministers met between 07-09 August 2017 to accelerate implementation of the decisions of the Assembly of Heads of States and Government in Johannesburg (2015) and Kigali (2016) and Addis Abeba (2107) to ensure the Union’s financial autonomy by 2020. They committed to the following road map as articulated in the following communique:
Addis Ababa, 12 August 2017: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AU) Moussa Faki Mahamat takes note of the official announcement of the final results of the presidential election in Kenya on 11 August 2017 by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) following the General Elections on 8 August 2017, which were deemed credible and transparent by all observer missions, including the one deployed by the AU. He calls on all those who wish to challenge these results to do so through the channels provided for by the law.
STATEMENT OF THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON
African Union congratulates the people of Kenya and calls for calm as they await for final election results
Addis Ababa, 10 August 2017: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AU) Moussa Faki Mahamat, congratulates the people of Kenya for the conduct of peaceful General Elections on 8 August 2017. These polls were observed by an AU Election Observer Mission led by former President Mbeki of South Africa.
Addis Abéba, 08 août 2017
1. Introduction
I. INTRODUCTION
1. At the invitation of the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, His Excellency Moussa Faki Mahamat, approved the deployment of an AU Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to observe the 8 August 2017 General Election in the Republic of Kenya.
MEDIA ADVISORY
THE AFRICAN UNION TO RELEASE ITS PRELIMINARY STATEMENT FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION IN THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA
Journalists and interested stakeholders are cordially invited to the release of the Preliminary Statement of the African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to the General Election in the Republic of Kenya.
The Statement will be delivered by His Excellency, Thabo Mbeki, former President of the
Republic of South Africa and Head of the African Union Election Observation Mission
(AUEOM) to the Republic of Kenya.
AUEOM reports a peaceful, orderly and transparent voting process
I INTRODUCTION
1. At the invitation of the Government of the Republic of Rwanda, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, His Excellency Moussa Faki Mahamat, approved the deployment of an AU Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to observe the 3-4 August 2017 Presidential Election in the Republic of Rwanda
AUEOM reports a peaceful, orderly and transparent voting process
INTRODUCTION
The 2017 General Elections in the Republic of Kenya will take place tomorrow, August 8.
We, the African Union Election Observer Mission (AUEOM), take this opportunity to wish the sister people of Kenya peaceful, free, fair and transparent elections.
We are happy that in this regard we echo an aspiration shared by the people of Kenya as a whole, including the political parties and the candidates concerned.
We say this informed by commitments made directly to us, and publicly to the people of Kenya, by the various stakeholders.
