Ending the military-heavy AUSSOM gives the AU space to develop a political mission focused on long-term stabilisation. After nearly 20 years of operations, the African Union Stabilisation and Support Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) is no longer tenable. On 1 July, the United States (US) notified the AU that it would not provide funding for the…
Kicking off the 61st #AfDBAM2026 in Brazzaville, H.E. Amb. Selma Malika Haddadi, AUC Deputy Chairperson, representing H.E. Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, reaffirmed the AU’s commitment to building an integrated, prosperous, and financially sovereign Africa. As H.E DCP stated: “We gather at a defining moment.” This year’s theme – Mobilizing Africa’s Development Financing at Scale in…
Nigeria has endorsed the proposed institutional reforms in the African Union (AU), with a focus on peace and security governance, strengthening democratic institutions and ensuring stronger cooperation with international financial institutions and the private sector. The country also aligned with proposed restructurings aimed at boosting domestic and regional resource mobilisation for affordable development financing and…
Addis Ababa — TANZANIAN Foreign Affairs Minister and East African Cooperation, Mahmoud Thabit Kombo has joined other ministers from African nations in the 48th African Union Executive Council meeting underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting brings together AU foreign ministers and senior officials to discuss development, peace and security, regional cooperation and implementation of…
Addressing the terrorist threat should not justify dismantling the governance architecture the AU has painstakingly built over two decades. Responding to growing terror threats and prioritising the restoration of constitutional order are often competing imperatives in countries going through transitions. African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf raised this point at a 30 September…
Hardly a month goes by without news of another unconstitutional change of government on the African continent. These can take one of three forms. The first is a military coup d’état or violent change of (democratically) elected government. The second is the refusal of an incumbent government to relinquish power after losing an election. And…
Without a predictable financing mechanism, the mission remains trapped in a cycle of insecurity, mounting arrears and political instability. The governments of Somalia and the United Kingdom, the African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) met in New York on 25 September to strengthen backing for the AU Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM)….
At today’s 24th Summit of the #COMESA Authority of Heads of State & Government in Nairobi, Kenya, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the @_AfricanUnion Commission, reaffirmed the AU’s commitment to advancing regional & continental integration through stronger collaboration among RECs. The Chairperson underscored that the expiry of #AGOA & new US tariffs on African…
Africa’s leading development financiers have sounded the alarm that weak and underfunded financial institutions are threatening the African Union’s most ambitious blueprint — Agenda 2063, the continent’s 50-year plan for industrialization, integration, and prosperity. Speaking on Monday at the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025) in Algiers, a high-level panel of executives from Afreximbank, the African Development…
Johannesburg — Across Africa, women and girls continue to face widespread violence, domestic abuse, sexual assault, harmful traditional practices, and conflict-related violence as persistent realities in many communities. In response, the African Union (AU) took a historic step by developing the African Union Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG). This groundbreaking instrument…
