African Union

Intra-regional trade can reduce conflicts in Africa

UNECA: Intra-regional trade can reduce conflicts in Africa

Trading is a driver for mobility, employment and social cohesion, particularly in cross-border areas

A large group of African leaders on stage at the AU Assembly of the Union in February 2022.

Renewed push for use of Kiswahili by AU and UNESCO

Language African UnionWhat does it mean for Africa and the world?

New technologies and business models are creating a mass market

Africans must explore opportunities in digital trade

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— African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat Chief Wamkele Mene

Wamkele Mene, Secretary General, African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat (AfCFTA)

Digital trade is the next big thing in Africa

Africa African Union— Wamkele Mene, Secretary General, African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat (AfCFTA)

Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

AU Special Envoy Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to youth: Use COVID-19 crisis to unleash your innovation

Africa COVID-19

Children fill their cups at a water point built by UNICEF at Kanyosha III primary school in Bujumbura, Burundi.

AU and UN appeal for ‘stable and peaceful environment’ for Burundi elections

Screengrab of the FAO-AU Ministerial (virtual) Meeting on the Impacts of COVID-19 on Food Security in Africa.

COVID-19: FAO and African Union commit to safeguarding food security amid crisis

Africa COVID-19

Agenda 2063

Reporting on Africa’s Agenda 2063

Africa economic development

AfCFTA implementation

AfCFTA Implementation: Conditions for Success

Africa economic development

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, addressing the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 9 February, 2020.

AU Summit: Guterres calls for ‘collective, comprehensive, coordinated’ response to challenges facing Africa

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ECA’s Vera Songwe issues clarion call for urgent action to silence the guns in Africa

ECA’s Vera Songwe issues clarion call for urgent action to silence the guns in Africa

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Woman smiling and foraging

African Union Project on Malawian Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: Cooperation with Norway and Germany