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The African Union ( AU) is a continental union of 55 member states [8] located on the continent of Africa. The bloc was founded on 26 May 2001 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and launched on 9 July 2002 in Durban, South Africa. [9]
The African Union is a geo-political entity covering the entirety of the African continent. Its origin dates back to the First Congress of Independent African States, held in Accra, Ghana, from 15 to 22 April 1958. The conference aimed at forming the Africa Day (that preceded the formation of the OAU) to mark the liberation movement of the ...
Cité de l'Union Africaine. The Cité de l'Union Africaine (City of the African Union) or Cité de l'OUA (City of OAU) is a governmental complex situated in the Ngaliema commune of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is strategically located near Mont Ngaliema and serves as a venue for diplomatic and governmental functions.
Agenda 2063 is a set of initiatives proposed and currently under implementation by the African Union. [1] It was adopted on 31 January 2015 at the 24th Ordinary Assembly of the Heads of State and Governments of the African Union in Addis Ababa. [2] The call for such an agenda was first made by the 21st Ordinary Assembly on 26 May 2013, [3] 50 ...
African Peace and Security Architecture. The African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) includes the three central instruments conflict prevention, conflict management and peace building of the African Union (AU), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) as well as the Regional Mechanism (RMs).
The Constitutive Act of the African Union sets out the codified framework under which the African Union is to conduct itself. It was signed on 11 July 2000 at Lomé, Togo. It entered into force after two thirds of the 53 signatory states ratified the convention on 26 May 2001. [1] When a state ratifies the Constitutive Act, it formally becomes ...
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.
www .aga-platform .org. The African Governance Architecture (AGA) is a mechanism for dialogue between stakeholders that are mandated to promote good governance and bolster democracy in Africa. In the book entitled The African Union Law (Ed. Berger Levrault, 2014, p. 29) Blaise Tchikaya established the link between conceptual platform called AGA ...