The European Union (EU) and the African Union Commission (AUC) have taken an important step forward in working together to make air travel across Africa safer, easier, and more sustainable. Leaders from both organisations met on Wednesday, 23 September 2026 in Addis Ababa for the first official steering committee meeting of a new initiative called EU-SASA (European Union Support to the Aviation...

Ahead of the II AU-EU Ministerial on Research and Innovation (R&I) ( see), scheduled to 27 October 2026 in Addis Ababa, we review some of the main achievements of the African Union (AU)-European Union (EU) Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI). Under one of its priorities, Public health, sixteen innovations supported by the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials...

The EU, together with co-sponsors Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, India and Kenya, launched the 'Partners for multilateralism' initiative, for countries committed to working together in support of peace, stability, inclusive and sustainable development, shared prosperity, human dignity and rights for all on 21 September 2026 in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly High-Level...

When spiders unite their webs, they can tie up a lion. Under this African proverb, Karin Stanghed, Chargé d'Affaires of the European Union (EU) Delegation to the African Union (AU), joined AU leadership, Member States, other partners and CSO representatives at the event setting a new framework for advancing women's meaningful participation in peace and security across Africa. The new Strategy Plan...