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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Sharm el Sheikh, 25 April 2019: The African Union Commission (AUC) launches the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP) at the 64th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The policy was recently adopted by the Heads of State and Government at the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union on 12 February 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
24th April 2019: The Government of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe and the African Union Commission in collaboration with the World Health Organization Africa Regional Office (WHO AFRO) and Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI) have together, observed the Africa Vaccination Week and launched the national Campaign for the Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA).
Addis Ababa, 25 April 2019. The African Union celebrates with the international community the World Malaria Day today under the theme “Zero Malaria Starts with Me”.
African Union considers the World Malaria Day an opportunity to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment to malaria prevention and control, and, therefore, advocates for an increase in external and domestic funding for malaria elimination; and increased awareness and ownership at the community level.
African Leaders Meeting in Cairo on April 23, 2019
Amb. Kwesi Quartey receives Mohammed Arrouchi, Ambassador of Morocco to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the AU and UNECA, 23 April 2019
Cotonou, le 22 avril 2019 - Les élections législatives du 28 avril 2019 en République du Bénin sont les 8èmes à être organisées depuis la Conférence nationale des Forces vives de 1990. Cette conférence marque le début de l’ancrage de la démocratie au Bénin qui depuis lors bénéficie d’un statut de modèle en Afrique. Toutefois, ces élections interviennent dans un contexte marqué par une rupture du consensus sur lequel repose la démocratie béninoise et auquel la Cour Constitutionnelle a conféré une valeur constitutionnelle.
Washington DC, USA 14 April 2019: African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, H.E. Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid participated in the annual meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund which took place in Washington, DC on April 9-14, 2019.
H.E. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs (Second Right) receiving Mr. Richard Albright, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration accompanied by the US Representative to the African Union, Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard, where they discussed issues related to the implementation of the theme of the Year, April 22, 2019
1 Million By 2021: the African Union Commission Chairperson Rallies Support for New Youth Initiative
Addis Abeba, 21 April 2019: As a follow-up to the communiqué on the situation in the Sudan adopted by the Peace and Security Council of the African Union on 15 April 2019, the Chairperson of the Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, concluded, today, a 48 hours working visit to Khartoum.
