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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WHEN: 25th – 27th July, 2019
WHERE: University of Nairobi, Kenya
WHO: The African Union - Directorate of Information and Communication (DIC) in partnership with Africa women in Media
Conference Objectives
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 19 July 2019- The African Union (AU) is to deploy more members of the African Voluntary Health Corps (AVoHC) to support the response to the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the second largest outbreak in the history of Ebola since it was discovered in 1976.
Ibadan, Nigeria: The Pan African University Institute for Life and Earth Sciences including Health and Agriculture (PAULESI) held its Matriculation Ceremony of the 2018-2019 academic year on 12 July 2019.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 17 July 2019: A meeting of African Union (AU) bringing together governments, donor agencies, African and international aid groups have explored ways of increasing investment in local humanitarian organizations and promoting their leadership in major response operations.
The conference, co-organized by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Government of Switzerland, took place from 15-16 July 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
17 juillet 2019, Addis Abeba: Le Président de la commission de l'Union africaine Moussa Faki Mahamat se félicite du paraphe de l'accord politique portant sur les arrangements de mise en oeuvre de la transition démocratique au Soudan.
Il félicite le peuple et les acteurs politiques et sociaux Soudanais pour cette avancée significative et décisive pour le pays.
Il appelle toutes les parties à redoubler d'efforts pour l'adoption du décret constitutionnel prévu le vendredi prochain.
Niamey, Niger, July 6, 2019 - The African Electronic Trade Group, the A-eTrade Group hosted in a partnership with the African Union Commission, a dinner at the Radisson Blu Hotel Niamey. The dinner brought together some 100 personalities from various African countries. Among the distinguished participants were the Honourable Ministers of Trade and Industry from Burkina Faso, Eswatini, Ethiopia and Ghana, Private Sector leaders and several Ambassadors and officials.
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The regional headquarters of the A-eTrade Group for Southern Africa and West Africa have been awarded to the Kingdom of Eswatini and the Republic of Guinea respectively, two Member States of the African Union
UNDP and AUC join forces to implement an AYWL Fellowship programme to develop the next generation of young African women leaders and experts to serve Africa and the world.
The African Union Commission in collaboration with the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), held a Validation Workshop for the AU Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Framework to finalise it for submission for approval by the Ministerial Specialised Technical Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment, scheduled to hold in October 2019.
13 July 2019, Addis Abeba: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat strongly condemns the terrorist attack that took place in Somalia’s port city of Kismayo on 12 July 2019.
He expresses his sincere condolences to the families of those who lost their lives and wishes a swift recovery to those injured in the attack.
The Chairperson also wishes to reiterate the firm and continued solidarity of the African Union with the people of Somalia in their pursuit for peace in their country.
