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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Washington D.C, USA – 26 September 2016 - The African Union Commission delegation to the 15th AGOA Forum held on 26th September 2016 at the US State Department in Washington D.C. was led by H.E. Mr. Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson, assisted by H.E. Mrs. Fatima Haram Acyl, Commissioner for Trade and Industry, the AU Mission in Washington and the AUC Department of Trade and Industry.
MEDIA ADVISORY
Press Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation in Armed Conflicts and other situations of violence in Africa
Invitation to representatives of the media
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 14 October 2016: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has received with great joy the news of the release of 21 Chibok girls in Nigeria. Over 200 girls were abducted from a boarding school in Chibok, Nigeria in April 2014, by the militant Islamic Group, Boko Haram.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 13 October 2016: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has learned with deep sadness the passing of Ambassador Girma Asmerom Tesfay, who served as Eritrea’s Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), from January 2011 to February 2014. The death of Ambassador Girma Asmerom Tesfay occurred on 4 October, 2016
Lomé, Togo, 15 October 2016: African Heads of State and Government have adopted and signed the African Charter on Maritime Security, Safety and Development on Saturday, 15 October 2016 at the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government. The adoption of the Charter followed recommendations for its adoption made by the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) and the Executive Council Sessions, which were held from 11-14 October 2016.
Your Excellency Mr. Idriss Déby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad and Chairperson of the African Union;
Your Excellency Mr. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, President of the Togolese Republic and our gracious host;
Your Excellencies – Heads of State and Government of AU Member States
Excellencies Ministers
Excellencies AU Commissioners
Addis Ababa, 14 October 2016- H E Dr Anthony Mothae Maruping, Commissioner for Economic Affairs, and the H E the Ambassador of Turkey accredited to AU, Mr. Fatih Ulusoy have signed the hosting agreement regarding the organization of the Africa – Turkey Economic and Business Forum, which is scheduled to take place on November 2nd and 3rd, 2016, in Istanbul, Turkey.
LOME SUMMIT- TOGO
’’SIDE EVENT ON AFRICAN MARITIME INTERESTS”
"The involvement of Authentic Interests of African maritime Industry :
An asset for optimizing the security issue and the development of blue economy"
10th October 2016- New York, USA- Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E Mr. Erastus Mwencha has called for strengthened partnerships, cooperation and collaboration both in Africa and globally, to address unprecedented socio-economic and political challenges.
