The 25th African Union(AU) Summit will be held from 7-15 June in Pretoria and Johannesburg, South Africa. The theme of the Summit is ‘Women’s Empowerment and Development towards Africa’s Agenda 2063′.
The summit will be attended by all the 54 AU member heads-of-state as well as UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
The AU summit will have meetings and annual reviews between all the various departments and associated agencies that make up the AU.
There will also be programs and discussions around women-centric programs such as, developing infrastructure to empower women and financial inclusion of women in the agribusiness sector. Additionally, there will be discussion around Africa’s energy development and climate change, and the announcement of a 10-year development plan.
The Summit is also expected to begin negotiations on the Continental Free Trade Agreement for integration of the African markets. Other areas to be focused upon include contemporary African election trends with focus on the recent Burundi election crisis, the issue of migration, sustainable development, and means of mitigating the Ebola emergency.
The AU was established in 2001 as a continental union among all the African states(Morocco is the only country that is not a member). It is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.