On 7 October 2025, the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) will hold their 20 th Annual Human Rights Dialogue, a crucial part of their regular dialogue within the framework of the AU-EU Partnership that celebrates 25 years ( #AUEU25). The AU-EU partnership is unique in the strong emphasis it places on Human Rights and in the frequency with which the Human Rights Dialogue takes place, as...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled today a €545 million Team Europe package to accelerate Africa's clean energy transition. This announcement, made at the Global Citizen Festival via video message in the context of the United Nations General Assembly, is an important milestone in the ‘ Scaling Up Renewables in Africa' campaign, co-hosted with South African President Cyril...

Climate action lies at the heart of the AU-EU partnership - not only as a response to environmental emergency, but mainly as the strategy to unlock innovation, stability and future-proof opportunities. On the road to the 7th AU-EU Summit in November, we listened to different voices gathered at the Africa Climate Summit 2, on how they describe the partnership between EU and Africa, a wish for its...

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf; the President of the European Council, António Costa; the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen; and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, met on 21 September 2025 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on the margins of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly...