On October 01, 2026, EU Ambassador to the African Union H.E. Javier Niño Pérez met with H.E. Lerato D. Mataboge, AU Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, to discuss the longstanding and strategic EU-AU partnership in infrastructure. The meeting provided an opportunity to review ongoing cooperation across energy, digitalisation and transport, as well as opportunities to further support...

The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites ( EUMETSAT) convenes its 17 th User Forum in Africa in Eswatini, on October 6, gathering African national meteorological services, regional climate centres, the African Union Commission (AUC), the European Union (EU), the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and other partners to advance the operational use of satellite...

Ahead of the II AU-EU Ministerial on Research and Innovation (R&I) ( see), scheduled to 27 October 2026 in Addis Ababa, we continue to review some of the main achievements of the African Union (AU)-European Union (EU) Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI). After Health ( see here), we focus now on the Green Transition pillar - including Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable...

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...