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. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, was appointed to lead the AU institutional reforms process. He appointed a pan-African committee of experts to review and submit proposals for a system of governance for the AU that would ensure the organisation was better placed to address the challenges facing the continent with the aim of implementing programmes that have the highest impact on Africa’s growth and development so as to deliver on the vision of Agenda 2063.
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.
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AUPSC) and the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (UN PBC) will convene for their 6th Annual Informal Consultative Meeting to discuss strengthened collaboration in peacebuilding efforts across Africa.
2 November 2023, Addis Ababa: On this First Anniversary of the signing of the “Agreement for Lasting Peace through the Permanent Cessation of Hostilities (COHA) between the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)”, on 2 November 2022 in Pretoria, South Africa, the Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E Moussa Faki Mahamat, congratulates Ethiopians for embracing peace, national dialogue and reconciliation.
The African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) have officially launched a three-year project to support AU member states as they incorporate the African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP) and undertake transitional justice processes at the national level.
The Cyclone hit first Mozambique during the fourth week of February as it made a turn to Madagascar causing severe destruction in the town of Mananjary in Madagascar before it made a second landfall in Mozambique as it headed to Malawi.
The African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resilience Hub in Nairobi and the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), recently held a roundtable discussion to re-examine the concept of resilience and its critical dimensions in the African context.
The African Union Commission will convene the 14th High-Level Retreat on the Promotion of Peace, Security and Stability in Africa under the theme, “Resetting Preventive Diplomacy and Mediation for the 21st Century in Africa” in Cairo, Egypt, from the 17th to the 18th of October 2023.
What: Pan African Quality Infrastructure (PAQI) 10 Years Anniversary Celebration
When: 12 October 2023 | 9AM EAT / 8AM CAT
Where: African Union Headquarters, Small Conference Hall -1
Who: The opening session will be addressed by:
The state of democratic governance and peace in Africa has an impact on the growth performance and development at the national, regional and continent levels.
African women have been trading before trade agreements and are champions of cross-border trading for generations.
Consultations on the meaningful engagement of the youth to advance democracy, human rights and governance in Africa have kicked off in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as a pre-forum leading to the 12th High Level Dialogue.
