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TIME: Starting from 10:00 a.m. East African Time WHY: The Charter for African Cultural Renaissance adopted by the 6th AU Assembly held in Khartoum, the Sudan in January 2006 entered into force in October 2020 upon receipt by the AU Commission of the 15th instrument of ratification of this important arts, culture and heritage cultural policy instrument. The fifteen (15) AU Member States that have ratified this instrument are: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Chad, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Mali, Malawi, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal and South Africa. Thirty-four Membe...

Communiqué of the 989th meeting (open session) of the PSC held on 12 April 2021 on the theme “Prevention of the ideology of hate, genocide and hate crimes in Africa” Format COMMUNIQUE Adopted by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) at its 989th meeting (open session) held on 12 April 2021 on the theme “Prevention of the ideology of hate, genocide and hate crimes in Africa”: The Peace and Security Council, Noting the opening remarks made by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Djibouti to the AU and Interim PSC Chairperson for April 2021, H.E Ambas...

Communique of the 983rd meeting of the PSC held on 4 March 2021, on the theme “Unified role of the African Members in the United Nations (UN) Security Council (A3) in the UN Security Council” Format Adopted by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) at its 983rd meeting held on 4 March 2021, on the theme “Unified role of the African Members in the United Nations (UN) Security Council (A3) in the UN Security Council”. The Peace and Security Council, Noting the opening remarks made by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kenya to the AU and PSC Chairper...

One of the agenda items was to elect six new members of the AU Commission. The Commission is the AU’s secretariat, which carries out its day-to-day operations. These are the first commissioner elections since the Union’s reform process began in 2017. The reform process was deemed urgent and necessary given the role the AU is expected to play in achieving Africa’s Agenda 2063. In 2021, the number of Commissioners was reduced from eight to six. The six will “focus on fewer priority areas” and portfolios. Four of the commissioners are now women. They will work with the AU Commission c...

JESUSEGUN ALAGBE The African Union on Saturday said it was committed to ensuring that all member countries benefited from efforts to prevent and c...