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The African Union (AU) is a continental union of 55 member states [8] located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the African Union. The bloc was launched on 9 July 2002 in Durban, South Africa. [9]
Past chairpersons have hailed from western, central and southern regions of the African Union. The AU Executive Council has asserted the right of the East African region to produce the next chairperson and North Africa will therefore vie for the deputy chairperson post.
The African Union's Peace and Security Council approved the creation of AUSSOM on 1st August, 2024, [4] [5] with plans to start the mission in 2025, [6] after ATMIS’ withdrawal on 31 December, 2024. [7] [8] Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has actively sought to rally support from former ATMIS contributors, encouraging them to ...
The African Union Commission (AUC) acts as the executive/administrative branch or secretariat of the African Union (and is somewhat analogous to the European Commission). It consists of a number of Commissioners dealing with different areas of policy. The African Union Headquarters are in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The African Union is to join the the Group of 20 (G20) as a permanent member, India’s prime minister Narendra Modi announced Saturday as he inaugurated a leaders’ summit in New Delhi for the ...
The African Standby Force (ASF) (French: Force africaine en attente) [1] is an international, continental African, and multidisciplinary peacekeeping force with military, police and civilian contingents that acts under the direction of the African Union. The ASF is to be deployed in times of crisis in Africa. [2]
Otherwise, she contributed significantly to the bank granting low-interest loans to low-income African countries. Amani Abou-Zeid was elected one of the eight commissioners of the African Union in 2017 and took over the areas of infrastructure and energy. [3] [1] In 2019 she
The Pan-African University (PAU) is a network of post-graduate training and research nodes supported by the African Union and the Association of African Universities.The university aims to enhance the quality of science and technology education in Africa and improve the productivity of African economies by providing advanced graduate training and postgraduate research opportunities for high ...