{"id":355563,"date":"2026-02-07T11:50:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T06:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=355563"},"modified":"2026-02-07T11:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T06:20:31","slug":"african-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/african-union\/","title":{"rendered":"African Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> African Union (AU) stated that a drone attack by the M23 armed group on a civilian airport at Kisangani (DR Congo) may constitute an \u201cact of terrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>About African Union<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_355565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-355565\" style=\"width: 548px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-355565\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-07-113509.png?resize=548%2C203&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"African union\" width=\"548\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-07-113509.png?w=448&amp;ssl=1 448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-07-113509.png?resize=300%2C111&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-355565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Establishmen<\/strong>t\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"831\" data-end=\"850\"><strong data-start=\"831\" data-end=\"843\">Founded:<\/strong> 2002<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"831\" data-end=\"850\"><strong data-start=\"853\" data-end=\"869\">Predecessor:<\/strong> Organisation of African Unity (OAU)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"937\"><strong data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"924\">OAU Founded:<\/strong> May 25, 1963<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"940\" data-end=\"995\"><strong data-start=\"940\" data-end=\"968\">Constitutive Act signed:<\/strong> July 11, 2000 (Lom\u00e9, Togo)<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1048\"><strong data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1035\">Constitutive Act came into force:<\/strong> May 26, 2001<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Membership<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1072\" data-end=\"1107\"><strong data-start=\"1072\" data-end=\"1084\">Members:<\/strong> 55 African countries<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1110\" data-end=\"1149\"><strong data-start=\"1110\" data-end=\"1127\">Headquarters:<\/strong> Addis Ababa, Ethiopia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1511\" data-end=\"1544\"><strong>Organisational Structure of AU<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1569\" data-end=\"1614\"><strong data-start=\"1569\" data-end=\"1614\">Assembly of Heads of State and Government: <\/strong>Supreme decision-making body<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1650\" data-end=\"1684\"><strong data-start=\"1650\" data-end=\"1684\">African Union Commission (AUC): <\/strong>Executive\/administrative arm<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1720\" data-end=\"1765\"><strong data-start=\"1720\" data-end=\"1765\">Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC): <\/strong>Ambassadors of member states<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1801\" data-end=\"1837\"><strong data-start=\"1801\" data-end=\"1837\">Peace and Security Council (PSC): <\/strong>Conflict prevention, management, peacekeeping<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1890\" data-end=\"1922\"><strong data-start=\"1890\" data-end=\"1922\">Pan-African Parliament (PAP): <\/strong>Advisory and consultative legislative body<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1972\" data-end=\"2023\"><strong data-start=\"1972\" data-end=\"2023\">Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC): <\/strong>Civil society participation<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2058\" data-end=\"2098\"><strong data-start=\"2058\" data-end=\"2098\">African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM): <\/strong>Voluntary governance monitoring mechanism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong style=\"font-size: 24px\">African Union (AU) \u2013 Agenda 2063<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"123\" data-end=\"274\"><strong data-start=\"123\" data-end=\"138\">Agenda 2063<\/strong> is the <strong data-start=\"146\" data-end=\"192\">African Union\u2019s long-term strategic vision<\/strong>, adopted in <strong data-start=\"205\" data-end=\"213\">2015<\/strong>, outlining Africa\u2019s development pathway over <strong data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"271\">50 years<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"277\" data-end=\"437\">It aims to achieve <strong data-start=\"296\" data-end=\"325\">inclusive economic growth<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"327\" data-end=\"354\">sustainable development<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"356\" data-end=\"381\">democratic governance<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"387\" data-end=\"413\">technological progress<\/strong> across the continent.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"495\">Key <strong data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"468\">flagship initiatives<\/strong> under Agenda 2063 include:\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"500\" data-end=\"541\">A <strong data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"541\">continental high-speed rail network<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"597\"><strong data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"573\">Free movement of people<\/strong> and an African passport<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"602\" data-end=\"671\">Creation of a <strong data-start=\"616\" data-end=\"669\">deeply integrated and competitive African economy<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"674\" data-end=\"833\">The <strong data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"716\">First Ten-Year Implementation Plan<\/strong> translates the vision into <strong data-start=\"744\" data-end=\"781\">time-bound and measurable targets<\/strong> across <strong data-start=\"789\" data-end=\"832\">economic, social, and political sectors<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: African Union (AU) stated that a drone attack by the M23 armed group on a civilian airport at Kisangani (DR Congo) may constitute an \u201cact of terrorism\u201d. About African Union Establishment Founded: 2002 Predecessor: Organisation of African Unity (OAU) OAU Founded: May 25, 1963 Constitutive Act signed: July 11, 2000 (Lom\u00e9, Togo) Constitutive Act&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/african-union\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">African Union<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10398,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-355563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10398"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}