AU Assembly underscores shared memory in Africa–diaspora relations

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 summit placed Africa’s collective voice in multilateral institutions alongside trade, security and development. This current agenda echoes earlier Pan-African demands for political equality...

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...

The forum met under the theme of expanding human rights during the Second International Decade for People of African Descent. It provides a global space for people of African descent to raise lived...