This first edition of the African Union Commission’s Africa’s Development Dynamics Report, produced by the AUC Department of Economic Affairs, conceived and developed by African experts and supported by the OECD Development Centre, aims to fuel debate between members of the Union, citizens, business people and researchers. It plays an imperative role in furthering ...

This report first presents the historical context of the African integration process and the progress of African leaders towards achieving a united, integrated and prosperous continent under the Abuja Treaty and AU Agenda 2063. The Abuja Treaty, signed in 1991, lays the groundwork for the creation of African Economic Community (AEC), whereby the economies of the m...

Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson, African Union Commission African leaders have, since the early years of independence, recognized the importance of creating a single African economic community which has been one of the most enduring priorities of many African leaders as well as a rallying call for Africans. It is in this vein that AU Agenda 2063, which absorbs the...

History shows that discussions leading to the formulation of the African human rights system began as early as 1961 when the International Commission of Jurists convened the African Conference on the Rule of Law in Lagos, Nigeria. At the end of the Conference a resolution, commonly called the ‘Law of Lagos’, was adopted. The resolution invites African governments t...