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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The African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC) will in December 2022 hold the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) elections to constitute its fourth Permanent General Assembly (PGA).
Addis Ababa, 30 March 2022: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, was shocked to learn of the attack on a passenger train between Abuja-Kaduna on 29 March 2022.
The Chairperson condemns in the strongest terms this heinous act which led to the tragic loss of life of passengers and left others declared missing.
The Chairperson extends his sincere condolences to the bereaved families and wishes a full recovery to the injured.
Today, the African Union (AU) and Uniting to Combat NTDs signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to end neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) across the AU Member States by 2030.
The Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS) of the African Union Commission (AUC) has organised a technical review and validation workshop of the draft African Union (AU) Guide
Africa needs to accelerate the commitments of the Nairobi Declaration to enhance disaster risk management in the Continent. This was the key rhetoric coming from the just concluded 17th Session of the Africa Working Group for Disaster Risk Reduction (AWG-DRR). The three day event took place in Maputo, Mozambique 16-18 March 2022.
The African Energy Commission (AFREC) hosted a virtual ministerial high level meeting with the Ministers of Energy from the African Union Member States, to present the status of the African Energy Information System (AEIS), planned activities and challenges facing governments in relation to data collection, validation and processing at national and continental level.
The Africa CEO Roundtable Conference has concluded after two days of deliberations on how to enhance trade and investment on the continent.
Chief executives and captains of industry from domestic, regional and global organisations, alongside heads of government entities, reflected on the existing linkages between the public and private sectors.
The African Union at Expo 2020 Dubai wrapped up the Spotlight on Africa series by celebrating Africa CDC’s 5th year of establishment alongside with the 20th anniversary of the African Union at its event titled: “Evaluating and building resilient health in Africa with the Africa CDC”
Over the past few years, both domestic and foreign direct investment (FDI) have come to play an increasingly important role in the economic development of many countries.
25 March 2022, Addis Ababa: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, His Excellency, Moussa Faki Mahamat welcomes the Declaration of an indefinite Humanitarian Truce by the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic
of Ethiopia in an effort to expedite the provision of much needed humanitarian aid to people in need in the Tigray region. The Chairperson further welcomes the announcement by the Regional Government of Tigray committing to observe the said humanitarian truce, and also welcomes its declaration of an immediate cessation of hostilities.
