United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security Holds Sixteenth Consultative Meeting in Addis-Ababa

The meeting reviewed the status of the partnership between the UN and the AU

The United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security held its sixteenth consultative meeting at the African Union headquarters in Addis-Ababa on 12 February 2019. The African Union (AU) Commission and the United Nations (UN) Secretariat were represented respectively by Commissioners Smaïl Chergui (Peace and Security), Minata Samaté-Cessouma (Political…

Africa Visa Openness Index notes that Africans were able to travel more freely across the continent in 2016 compared to 2015

The African Development Bank in collaboration with the African Union Commission and the World Economic Forum has launched the second edition of the Africa Visa Openness Index. The Index analyses the visa regime in Africa and how open countries are in terms of relaxation or elimination of visa requirements for…

9th Annual Joint Consultative Meeting between the African Union Peace and Security Council and the European Union Political and Security Committee

The meeting was co-chaired by Ambassador Catherine Muigai Mwangi (Kenya), Chairperson of the AU PSC for the month of October 2016, and Ambassador Walter Stevens, Permanent Chair of the EU PSC

On 25 October 2016, the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) and the European Union Political and Security Committee (EU PSC) held their 9th Annual Joint Consultative Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, as part of their regular dialogue within the framework of the Africa – EU partnership. The meeting was co-chaired…

28th Ordinary Session and 12th Pre-Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

The Joint Opening ceremony was convened under the framework of the African Year of Human Rights with special focus on the Rights of Women

The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) opened its 28th Ordinary Session and 12th Pre-Session on 21st  October, 2016, jointly with the 59th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, in Banjul, The Gambia. The Joint Opening ceremony was…

27th ordinary session of the African committee of experts on the rights and welfare of the child

The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) held its 27th Ordinary Session and 11th Pre-Session on 02-06 May, 2016, at the New Conference Centre of the African Union Commission Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. At the core of this Session was the discussion on…

Visit of AU High-Level Delegation to the Nordic Countries

An AU High Level delegation visited the Nordic Countries of Sweden, Finland and Denmark from 23-29 April 2016. The delegation was composed of the  Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Smail Chergui, and the AU High Representative for Mali and the Sahel and Head of the AU Mission for Mali…

Statement by Dr. Tarek A. Sharif, Head Defence and Security Division Peace and Security Department at the consultative meeting on the start-up of AFRIPOL

Major-General Abdelghani Hamel, Director General of the Algerian National Security, Distinguished Representative of INTERPOL, Distinguished Representative of ASEANAPOL, Distinguished Representative of EUROPOL, Chairs of the African Regional Police Cooperation Organizations, EAPCCO and SARPCCO, Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the African Union Commission, I wish to extend warm…

The 2nd Extra-Ordinary Senior Officials Meeting of the Coordination Committee of Africa-Arab Partnership

INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA When:            27 and 29 April 2016                         The meetings will be organized as follows: 27th April 2016:         2nd Meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 4th Africa-Arab Summit;  and 29th April 2016:        2nd Extra-Ordinary Senior Officials Meeting of the Coordination Committee of…

Statement by Amb. Tete Antonio Permanent Representative of the AU to the UN: UNSC open debate on countering Terrorism, in connection with the Agenda Item “Threats to International Peace and Security caused by Terrorist Acts”

Mr. President, Allow me first of all to congratulate you upon your assumption of the Security Council’s presidency for this month and thank you for convening this important and very timely debate. I also thank you for providing us with a comprehensive concept note to guide our discussions.  Mr. President,…

African Union electoral observation mission for the Presidential election in Chad republic (April 10, 2016)

PRELIMINARY DECLARATION

Introduction According to relevant provisions of the African Charter on Democracy, Governing Democratic Elections in Africa 2002, the African Union Guidelines on elections observation and monitoring missions 2002, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AU), HE Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, dispatched an election observation Mission (AUEOM) for the first…