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.
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PRESS STATEMENT
AFRICAN UNION ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION TO THE PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN GHANA
9 December 2016
Accra, Ghana
Accra, Ghana: 21st Nov - 2nd December, 2016 - The African Union Commission on International Law (AUCIL) opened its 12th Ordinary Session convened under the theme: “The Role of Africa in Developing International Law” in Accra Ghana as a tribute of Mr. Ebenezer Appreku, a dedicated member of the AUCIL Commission. At the core of the 12th Ordinary Session was the elections conducted by the Secretariat for the positions of Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and General Rapporteur to be elected for a period of two (2) years Speaking at the opening ceremony Prof.
Accra Ghana, 5th – 6th December: As part of the ongoing concerted efforts to facilitate the growth and development of African Union’s Agenda 2063 to ensure Africa is a strong, united, resilient and influential global player and partner in world affairs, the African Union Commission on International Law (AUCIL) convened its 5th forum under the theme “The Role of Africa in Developing International Law” in Accra, Ghana.
Release of Statement of Preliminary Findings and Conclusions of the African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in the Republic of Ghana
You are cordially invited to a press conference by the head of AUEOM on the release of its findings and conclusions of the December 7, 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Hifikepunye Pohamba, former President of the Republic of Namibia.
Date: December 9, 2016
Time: 9:30 a.m.
STATEMENT OF ARRIVAL
H.E. former President Hifikepunye Pohamba Officially Launches the African Union Election Observation Mission to Ghana
PRE-ELECTION STATEMENT OF THE AFRICAN UNION ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION (AUEOM) TO GHANA 2016 ELECTIONS
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 23 November 2016
“AUEOM Pre-election Statement Reports Highly Competitive Elections; Urges Steps to Enhance Confidence of Electoral Stakeholders and Ensure Peaceful Elections in Ghana”
Introduction
November 16, 2016, Accra, Ghana- The African Union –Economic Commission for Africa –African Development Bank (AU-ECA-AfDB) Land Policy Initiative launched a sensitization seminar on large-scale land-based investments in Africa which opened on Wednesday in Accra. Hosted by the Government of Ghana’s Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, the seminar aims to sensitize traditional leaders and orient them on principles for negotiating land investment deals that are sustainable and beneficial to African people and communities.
