39th AU Assembly concludes and adopts its 2026 decisions

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...

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 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...

The session concluded discussions on human rights, participation and conditions affecting people of African descent. The forum’s continuity links diaspora advocacy to UN institutions, while its...

The AU observed the anniversary of the OAU’s founding in 1963, renewing public calls for unity and implementation of Agenda 2063. Commemoration sustains a Pan-African public calendar while official...

The joint Africa Day message connected continental unity to institutional reform and reparatory justice. It reflects official priorities and should be read as a political commitment whose practical...