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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AUEOM Orientation and Briefing Programme kicks-off today in Kampala
Release of AUEOM Preliminary Findings of the 18th February 2016 General Elections in the Republic of Uganda
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
What: Release of Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions of the African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to the 2016 Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Council Elections in the Republic of Uganda.
When: 20th February 2016
Where: Sheraton Hotel, Ballroom B
Time: Starting from 11:00 a.m.
Who: African Union Commission
Background:
After witnessing the first round of presidential elections on 30th December 2015 and the legislatives which were invalidated by the Constitutional Court of transition, the President of the African Union Commission (AU) HE Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has sent a mission to observe the second round of presidential and first round of the legislative elections all scheduled for February 14, 2016.
Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, 6 February 2016:- The official closing ceremony of the 7th PATTEC training course on Planning and Execution of PATTEC Projects took place at Ecole de Lutte Anti-Tsetse (ELAT), Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso on 6th February 2016. The training course had been jointly organized by the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) and the African Union Commission through the PATTEC Coordination Office.
Addis Ababa, 8 February 2016: Following an invitation from the Government of the Republic of Benin, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Her Excellency Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has approved the deployment of an African Union Short-Term Election Observation (STO) Mission to the Republic of Benin’s Presidential Election scheduled for 28 February 2016.
Addis Ababa, 8 February 2016: Following an invitation from the Government of the Republic of Niger, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Her Excellency Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has approved the deployment of an African Union Short-Term Election Observation (STO) Mission to the Republic of Niger’s General Elections 28 February 2016.
Addis Ababa 8 February 2016 - The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Government of New Zealand have published the third edition of the African Union Handbook 2016 - a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the African Union system.
Copies of the handbook were distributed to Heads of State and Foreign Ministers at the opening of the January Summit at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
This year’s edition is published in both English and French. For the second year running the Government of Cameroon has provided support for the French edition.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 8 February 2016: The Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology, H.E. Dr. Martial De-Paul Ikounga met with a Special envoy of the President of Iran to discuss areas of potential cooperation between the African Union and Iran. The meeting took place on 29 January 2016, at the headquarters of the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the sidelines of the 26th Ordinary Summit of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government.
Workshop on International Cyber Security Negotiations: Capacity Building Workshop for Diplomats kicks off at the AUC Headquarters to address the Misuse of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) and their potential implication on the National and International security and stability
