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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2 July 2019, Addis Abeba – H.E. Abiy Ahmed, the Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, held an in-depth exchange of views on the situation in The Sudan today.
Moscow, Russian Federation – 22 June 2019: African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, H.E. Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, attended the 26th Annual Meetings of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) held in Moscow on 18-22 June 2019.
A nine-day training of trainers workshop on the management and operations of a Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday 24 June 2019. Thirty-one trainees from 21 African Union Member States and Saudi Arabia are participating in the workshop, which is facilitated jointly by the West Africa Health Organization (WAHO), WHO Headquarters, WHO Regional Office for Africa, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, US CDC and Africa CDC.
Nouakchott, 24th June 2019:- The African Union Election Observer Mission (AUEOM) for the first round of the presidential election of 22 June 2019 in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania held a press Conference to review the Elections.
Final Communique of the 15th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Partnership Platform (CAADP PP) “Enhancing Trade and Market Access for Accelerated Agriculture Transformation” 11 - 14June 2019 Nairobi, Kenya
The Republic of Rwanda became the first AU Member State to sign the Treaty for the establishment of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) on 12th June 2019. The AMA Treaty was adopted on 11 February 2019 by the African Union Assembly during their 32nd Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Standing Committee of the AU ECOSOCC, join hands as an advisory organ of the African Union to continue to call for peace to prevail in Sudan on the matter of peace and security situation in the country.
In its deliberations, the AU-ECOSOCC Standing Committee:
Déclaration préliminaire: Mission d'observation électorale de l'Union africaine pour le premier tour de l'élection Présidentielle du 22 juin 2019 en République Islamique de Mauritanie
On the occasion of the third African Union – European Union agricultural ministerial conference, African Union and the European Union representatives for the first time endorsed a Political Declaration, accompanied by an action agenda, with the overall aim of further strengthening the Africa-EU partnership in food and farming at all levels.
25 June 2019, Addis Abeba: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat wishes to express his deepest condolences to the families of the national figures killed in the tragic events that occurred on Saturday 22 June 2019 in the Amhara region and in the capital Addis Abeba.
The Chairperson also wishes to reiterate the steadfast support of the African Union Commission to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in their pursuit of the national reform and reconciliation agenda in the country.
