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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Lomé, Togo, May 25, 2018: The Fourth Meeting of the Ministerial Working Group on the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) kicked off with the experts’ session. The workshop is organized by the Department of Infrastructure and Energy at African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the Togolese Republic.
22 – 24 May 2018, Yaoundé, Cameroon – ECOSOCC’S Peace and Security Cluster, in close collaboration with AUC Departments, including CIDO and PSD, organized a civil society consultation forum on Countering Violent, Extremism, Terrorism and the Illicit Proliferation of Arms in African back to back with the Forum of the Livingstone Formula.
Darkar, Senegal - 23 May 2018: A five-day training on Disability Mainstreaming and Implementation of the Continental Plan of Action on the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities (2010-2019) for AU Member States Officials, was officially opened on Monday 21st May 2018 at Novotel Hotel, Dakar, Senegal.
African Union and European Union Commissioners today adopted concrete measures to address pressing global issues in key areas such as peace and security, migration, job creation and agriculture.
This 9th Commission to Commission meeting of the two organisations was co-chaired by the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, with the participation of all African Union Commissioners and 16 European Union Commissioners.
Addis Abeba, 18 May 2018 – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat received the letters of credence of H.E. Mr. Mohamed Arrouchi, newly appointed by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, as the Permanent Representative of Morocco to the African Union.
Yaoundé, 14th May 2018: The African Union Commission commenced the training of young researchers to deliver the 2018 Status of African Youth Report, under the African Union Volunteer Corps in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The training, which started on the 14th of May, will run to the 17th of the same month.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 22, 2018: The Consultation and Experience Sharing Workshop between the Sahel and the Horn of Africa on Peace-building and the Prevention of Violent Extremism through Education kicked off today at the African Union Headquarters. The workshop is organized by the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with UNESCO-International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA).
Addis Ababa, 19 April 2018 – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat received the letter of credence of two Ambassadors from the Republic of Fiji Islands and the Republic of Bangladesh, respectively.
Addis Ababa, 19 May 2018 – After five years as the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Mozambique to the African Union, H.E. Mr. Manuel Jose bids farewell to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, on 19th May 2018 at the AU Headquarters.
Addis Ababa, 19 May 2018 – H.E. Mr. William Azumah Awinador-Kanyrige, Ambassador of Republic of Ghana paid a farewell visit to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, on 19th May 2018.
