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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Rome, Italy, 15 June 2016 – The World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Board Side Event took place in Rome (Italy), to mark the Centre's fifth anniversary.
OUTCOME STATEMENT ON THE COMMEMORATION OF THE DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD 2016
AU Headquarters Hosts AUC and ATF Joint Workshop on the prevention of Mass Atrocities
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 09 June 2016: The Department of Political Affairs (DPA) of the African Union Commission (AUC) in close collaboration with the African Task Force, (Budapest Centre-For the International Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities) organized a workshop on 9th June 2016 at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the theme “African Task Force on the Prevention of Mass Atrocities”.
The Directorate of Information and Communication (DIC) of the African Union (AU) would like to share with you the key visual that will be used in branding the 27th AU Summit to be held from 10-18 July 2016. This visual image among others, will be on video screens all over the city of Kigali, Rwanda, as the country strives to host a Paperless Conference during the upcoming African Union Summit.
The visual highlights the theme of the Summit - “2016: Year of Human Rights with particular focus on the Rights of Women” dubbed the AU PROJECT 2016
Accra, Ghana - 13 June 2016 A major two day meeting of African editors, managing editors, media owners, representatives of journalists’ unions and African media organisations has concluded in the Ghanaian capital Accra, with concrete agreements on how the media can use its agenda setting role to tell the story of Africa to the continent and internationally.
Kigali, Rwanda – 22nd October, 2015: The African Union Commission (AUC), through the Infrastructure and Energy Department in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth and ICT of Rwanda, launched the AU Support towards the Rwanda Internet Exchange Point to become one of the regional internet exchange points for Eastern Africa.
Through the African Internet Exchange System (AXIS) project, the African Union Commission has so far extended capacity building support to facilitate the establishment of internet exchange points in 30 Member States.
Addis Ababa, 14 June 2016: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, expresses deep concern over reports of border clashes between Ethiopia and Eritrea in the Tsorena border area.
The Chairperson calls on the two countries to exercise utmost restraint and to refrain from any statement and action likely to aggravate the situation and further endanger regional stability.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14 June 2016: - The Citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO) partnered with the Civic Commission for Africa – CCfA, the Japan Citizen Network for TICAD - JCNT and the Kenya government to bring Africa’s Non State Actors to a sensitization and consultation meeting for Tokyo International Conference on Africa's Development (TICAD).
