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H.E. 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐢 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐟 was elected as the incoming Chairperson of the African Union Commission. He will be to be deputised by H.E. 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐦𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐢. Both mandates are for four years, renewable once. The two leaders were elected and sworn in at the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government. They garnered the required two thirds majority votes of the 49 member states eligible to vote. 6 AU member states are under sanctions and therefore ineligible to vote. The elections and appointments of the AU Commission Commissioners were conducted during the Executive Council session of Ministers of Foreign Affairs. 🌐𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩- https://ow.ly/HAe050V1aFs

Meet the Newly Elected Leaders of Organisation of African First Ladies for Development. (OAFLAD) H.E. Mrs. Fatima Maada Bio, First Lady of Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 – Elected President H.E. Dr. Ana Dias Lourenço, First Lady of Angola 🇦🇴 – Elected Vice-President Both will serve a two-year term (2025-2027), leading efforts to advance health, gender equality, and social development across Africa. About OAFLAD https://ow.ly/76jQ50V1fMu

African Union Commission 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐑𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 🗳️Elected and Appointed. 𝐌𝐫. 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐢 (Eswatini, Southern region) was elected to head the Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (ARBE) department. He has served as a minister in Eswatini in both the Ministry of Tourism and Environmental Affairs, and the Ministry of Agriculture. Previously, he served as the Project Director at the Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise among other accomplishments. He takes over from H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko (Angola, Southern Region) who served for two terms. Learn more about the mandate and work of ARBE here - https://au.int/en/arbe #AUSummit

African Union Commission 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲. 🗳️Elected and Appointed. 𝐌𝐬. 𝐋𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐠𝐞 (South Africa, Southern region) was elected as the Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy (I&E) department. Ms Mataboge is a global policy and trade and investment facilitation expert and is currently the Deputy Director-General in the South African Department of Trade, Industry and Competition. Prior to this role, she founded and was CEO of Trade Invest Africa. She also serves on the Board of the Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa (ECIC) as a non-Executive Director and is a member of the Finance and Investment Committee. She takes over from H.E. Amani Abou-Zeid (Egypt, Northern Region) who served for two terms. Learn more about the mandate and work of I&E here -https://ow.ly/jTbU50V18IM

African Union Commission 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡, 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 🗳️Elected and Appointed. 𝐀𝐦𝐛. 𝐀𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐓𝐰𝐮𝐦-𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐡 (Ghana, Western region) elected as Commissioner for  Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development(HHS) department. She is the former Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana to Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan and the Permanent Representative to the African Union. She previously served as the Director, Economic, Trade and Investment Bureau of Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration and served as the Minister Plenipotentiary/Special Government Projects at the Embassy of Ghana in Washington, D.C., U.S.A, among other senior positions. She takes over from H.E. Amb. Minata Samate Cessouma (Burkina Faso, Western Region) Learn more about the mandate and work of HHS here -https://ow.ly/u0G250V18fR #AUSummit

𝐀𝐦𝐛. 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐲𝐞 (Nigeria, Western region) re-elected to head the Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS) department. In March 2021, he became the first Commissioner to lead the amalgamated Political Affairs, Peace and Security portfolios, which had hitherto, been two separate departments. He previously served as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the AU and UNECA and Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti. He has also served as Chief of Staff for the African Union Development Agency (AUDA- NEPAD); Director of Corporate Services, and Coordinator, Partnerships & External Relations, as well as the Director in the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Learn more about the mandate and work of PAPs here - https://ow.ly/HSXm50V17b9 #AUSummit

African Leaders Join the Fight to #ChangeTheStory, led by the newly elected ALMA Chairperson H.E. President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko, of the Republic of Botswana. Malaria has impacted millions, but together, we can end it. African leaders are stepping up as part of the global #ZeroMalaria movement, uniting to eliminate malaria in a generation. By lifting voices, connecting communities, and driving action, we’re rewriting the future for a malaria-free Africa. Learn more: https://ow.ly/mMPo50V0W5M #AUsummit

Join us for a discussion on futher steps for the implementation of the recommendations of the Nouakchott Declaration. This will be a dialogue on financing accelerated actiion on education and skills in Africa for the 21st century.

Tune in to to watch AAMFI (The Africa Club) dialogue and listen to Financial Industry Leaders and African Union Officials celebrate the 1st Anniversary of its inception The dialogue will address the following key themes - Domestic resource mobilization, Public-private partnerships for infrastructure and Strategic coordination of African financial institutions 🔴https://lnkd.in/ds8rkXdQ

Congratulates H.E Mahamoud Ali Youssouf -Djibouti on his election as the incoming African Union Chairperson. May his term bring progress, unity & sustainability, advancing #Agenda2063, as we build #TheAfricaWeWant