African Union Day Foundation commemorates 20th anniversary of African Union’s formation with flag-raising ceremony

Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell The African Union Day Foundation commemorated the 20th anniversary of the formation of the African Union from the Organization of African Unity (OAU) on September 9, 2022, with a flag-raising ceremony at Bowling Green Park … Read More

African Union Development Agency-NEPAD launches “100,000 SME’s for 1 million Youth by 2021” campaign in New York

Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The African Union Development Agency-NEPAD launched its “100,000 SME’s for 1 million Youth by 2021” campaign to accelerate job creation in Africa on September 26, 2019 at the African Union Headquarters in New York City.   … Read More

African Union Development Agency-NEPAD hosts economic dialogue with African diaspora in Brooklyn

Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) hosted an economic dialogue with the African diaspora titled “Our Door of Return” on September 26, 2019 at Brooklyn Borough Hall.   Related Images:

African Diaspora Initiative launches in Queens with H.E. Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao

Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell African Union Ambassador H.E. Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao and members of the African Diaspora in New York launched on September 21, 2019 the Queens African Diaspora Initiative.   Related Images:

African Union Ambassador Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao calls on the African Diaspora to return to Africa

Photos : Isseu Diouf Campbell Ambassador Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, African Union Permanent Representative to the US met with members of the African Diaspora on May 18, 2019 at African Services Committee in Harlem to discuss Africa and the Diaspora’s return to … Read More

African Union celebrates Africa Day with newly appointed Permanent Observer H.E. Fatima Kyari Mohammed

Photos : Isseu Diouf Campbell The African Union celebrated Africa Day on May 25, 2018 at the Manhattan Center with the newly appointed African Union Permanent Observer to the United Nations H.E. Fatima Kyari Mohammed. Related Images:

Video: Launch of the African Women Leaders Network at the UN headquarters in New York

  The African Union Commission, UN Women and the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations launched the African Women Leaders Network on June 2 at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan.   Related Images:

Photos: The African Union launches the African Women Leaders Network at the UN headquarters

Photos by Isseu Diouf Campbell   The African Union Commission, UN Women and the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations launched the African Women Leaders Network on June 2 at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan. The African … Read More

Permanent Mission of the African Union to the United-Nations celebrates Africa Day

Photos by Isseu Diouf Campbell    The Permanent Mission of the African Union to the United-Nations celebrated African Day on May 25, at the Manhattan Center in New York City. Several African dignitaries attended the event that included a cake … Read More

Photos: The African Union hosts a Forum on African Youth at the UN headquarters

Photos by Isseu Diouf Campbell The Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union hosted a Forum on African Youth on May 19, 2019 at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan. The forum included the launch of Ambassador Adao Pinto’s book, … Read More

AUC Chair Moussa Mahamat worried over the rising number of African refugees

Painting a gloomy picture of the refugee problems confronting Africa, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Mahamat, on Tuesday warned that the total number of displaced and stateless persons in Africa has drastically increased from 10.2 million to … Read More

Africa marks 54 years of continental unity

After 54 years, the building of the unity of the African peoples is still a major task while the challenges, which Africans must take up collectively, keep increasing, African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat said Thursday as the … Read More

AU calls on South Sudan warring parties to desist from escalating violence

Expressing deep concern over the increasing military clashes in South Sudan, African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has called on the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition and other armed movements in … Read More

AU renews support to Mauritius on Chagos Archipelago

Heads of State and Government of the African Union on Tuesday adopted a resolution renewing the support of the Continent to Mauritius on the Chagos Archipelago in its dispute with the UK. In a communiqué, the Mauritian Foreign Affairs Ministry … Read More

AU Chairman Condé launches initiative to promote African multinationals

The African Union Chairman, President Alpha Condé of Guinea, has launched a plan to promote the growth of indigenous African multinationals through special initiatives, including tax breaks, special work permits, and special investor services, to accelerate their ability to expand. … Read More

AU condoles DRC on Tshisekedi’s passing

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma on Thursday expressed her “deep sadness” following the death of Étienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba, leader of Union for Democracy and Social Progress Party (UDPS) of Democratic Republic of Congo … Read More

Guinean President Alpha Condé assumes African Union Chairmanship

Guinean President Alpha Condé has assumed the rotational Chairmanship of the African Union (AU) during a summit dedicated to the election of a new Bureau of the Union and the leader of its Addis Ababa-based AU Commission. The Guinean President, … Read More

AU prepares launch of AfricaCDC

Senior staff members of the African Union (AU) on Thursday were busy on the second day of their meeting in the Tanzanian offshore island of Zanzibar to complete plans and procedures for rapid response by the Africa Centres for Disease … Read More

African Union holds historic debate for top Commission post

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Five candidates racing for the post of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) met on Friday for a podium debate on how they intend to handle some of the pressing political, economic and social challenges facing Africa ahead … Read More

Aspiring AU chairperson Bathily says Africa lacks ‘vigorous private sector’

One of the leading contenders for the African Union chairperson position, Senegalese diplomat Abdoulaye Bathily, has strongly argued that public and private economic players must “pull together” to build an “African social base” for the development of the continent. Speaking … Read More

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