AU Assembly considers Africa’s role in global governance

Decision 949 provides for an extraordinary summit in Luanda in 2026 on conflict prevention and resolution. It continues the AU’s search for African-led responses, while summit diplomacy must still...

Decision 950 makes sustainable water availability and safe sanitation the AU theme for 2026, linking Agenda 2063 to public health, food security and climate resilience. Water justice is part of...

Decision 955 supports Afrocentric education and the enhancement of African languages, alongside restitution and reparations. This addresses colonial control over curricula and language hierarchies,...

Decision 955 establishes a committee to monitor implementation of the Ninth Pan-African Congress recommendations. It is an institutional bridge from the Lomé Congress of December 2025 to state and...

The Assembly connects restitution of African cultural property to reparations and recognition of historical crimes. The provision reflects long-running demands by African states and communities, while...

The Assembly identifies shared memory and solidarity as foundations for lasting transnational ties. This state-level framing intersects with popular memory work, cultural movements and diaspora...

At the summit opening, AU leaders described access to water and sanitation as essential to development, public health, food security and stability. The framing places basic infrastructure within...

President Évariste Ndayishimiye assumed the rotating chairmanship at the 39th Assembly. Rotation broadens regional representation in continental leadership, though chairmanship does not transfer the...

The Assembly concluded two days of deliberation and adopted its decisions, declarations and resolutions. Its resolutions on reparations, global governance and integration carry forward Pan-African...

The General Assembly adopted A/RES/80/250, spearheaded by Ghana, recognizing trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement as the gravest crime against humanity. The resolution...