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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Political appointees at the African Union, including Dr Chihombori, are appointed at the discretion of the appointing authority. The duration of such political appointments is also determined at the discretion of that appointing authority.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 11 October 2019- Recent estimates showed that remittances sent by the over 30 million African migrant workers reached more than US$ 85 billion in 2018, supporting over 200 million family members living back home. Estimates including unregistered flows double this figure.
His Excellency Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Head of the African Union Election Observation Mission, has arrived in Maputo.
Addis Ababa, 11 October 2019: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat warmly congratulates the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia Dr Abiy Ahmed, on being awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace 2019 by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
The Chairperson applauds this important global recognition of African leadership to Silence the Guns through African solutions to African problems as demonstrated by Prime Minister Abiy, to promote stability and sustainable development in his country, in the Region and on the Continent as a whole.
Ahead of the General Elections scheduled to hold on 15 October 2019 in the Republic of Mozambique, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat has approved the deployment of forty (40) short-term observers and 4 electoral experts.
Addis-Abeba, 8 octobre 2019 – Le Président de la Commission de l’Union Africaine S.E Moussa Faki Mahamat, salue le bon déroulement, dans le calme et la sérénité, des élections législatives tenues le 6 octobre 2019 en République Tunisienne.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 03 October 2019: The new Libyan Permanent Representative to the African Union, Amb. Juma Ibrahim Amer, presented today his Credentials to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat.
The Chairperson and the newly appointed Permanent Representative exchanged views on the need for a central role for the AU in the resolution of the crisis in Libya, and other continental issues of mutual concern.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7 October 2019: Representatives from African Union (AU) Member States officials, continental organizations for persons with disabilities, refugees, returnees and Internally Displace Persons (IDPs) with disabilities, disability federations, universities, rehabilitation experts and practitioners, policy makers, and civil society organizations are gathered today on the occasion of the 7th Africa Forum on Visual Impairment in Addis Ababa.
