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.
Lusaka, Zambia, 28 March 2017: The Department of Political Affairs (DPA), African Union Commission (AUC), with support from the Center for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR), organised a two-day validation workshop on the draft African Union Transitional Justice Policy (AUTJP) in Lusaka, Zambia on 28-29 March 2017.
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Civil Society Consultation Prior to the Peace and Security Council Retreat, Livingstone, Zambia
AFRICAN UNION ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION TO THE 2016 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN
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Lusaka, 13 August 2016
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AFRICAN UNION ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION TO THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA’S 11 AUGUST 2016 GENERAL ELECTIONS
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Lusaka, Zambia 4 May 2016- The second intra-regional forum on migration in Africa, being hosted in Lusaka by the Zambian government, has heard a first-hand account of the benefits of facilitating free movement of people, goods and services as well as some of the challenges being faced in efforts to promote trade and integration in Africa.
Lusaka, Zambia- 03 December 2015-African Union Member States and Regional Economic Communities meeting last week reviewed the draft catalytic framework to end AIDS, TB and Malaria in Africa by 2030. The meeting aligned the catalytic framework with the global and continental strategic directions including the 2013 Abuja Declaration, Agenda 2063 and the recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals. The AIDS, TB and Malaria agenda remains high on Africa’s political agenda as the most affected continent.
Harare, Zimbabwe-03 December 2015- African leaders and parliaments gathering in Harare Tuesday to mark the World AIDS Day called for sustained leadership to fast track current efforts to end AIDS by 2030. This year the continental commemorations were celebrated under the theme “sustaining visionary leadership to end AIDS by 2030” during the flagship International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA).
African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson H.E Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma message to the Lusaka African Girls Summit on Ending Child Marriages - November 2015
