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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Niamey, Niger , 07th of July 2019: On the occasion of the 12st Extraordinary Session of the Assembly, held on 07 July 2019, the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria signed the Treaty for the Establishment of the African Medicines Agency.
The Republic of Kenya has been facing recurrent episodes of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) since the virus was first discovered in
the Rift Valley area of Kenya in the early 1900s. Between June 2018 and April 2019, Kenya declared two outbreaks of RVF and requested African Union support. As an institution of the African Union, Africa CDC provided support through its Eastern Africa Regional Collaborating Centre.
Addis Ababa, 11 July 2019: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat, together with Commissioner of Trade and Industry, Amb. Albert Muchanga, Commissioner of Political Affairs Minata Cessouma and Commissioner of Social Affairs Amira Elfadil, held talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea, H.E. Dr. Kang Kyung-Wha and her delegation, at the AUC Headquarters in Addis Abeba today.
H.E Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs (R) and H.E. Pedro Serrano, Deputy Secretary General for Common Security and Defence Policy and Crisis Response at the European External action Service during the opening of the AU-EU High Level Meeting on Governance, Peace Security at the AU Commission on Thursday, July 11, 2019
Launch of the African Trade Observatory Dashboard by H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, AUC Chairperson, Dr. Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director, International Trade Center and H.E. Neven Mimica, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development
