Project announcements

African Union Commission

Poverty reduction and governance

The Government of Canada will invest $5 million over three years to strengthen the capacity of the African Union Commission (AUC), as well as to support common priorities in the areas of empowerment of women and girls, good governance, renewable energy, intra-African trade and addressing the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable. The project will also serve as a platform for broader and deeper engagement with both the AUC as well as its member states.

East Africa and Horn of Africa region

Counterterrorism and justice

The Government of Canada will provide $250,000 over three years to the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism, a structure of the AUC, to address legal issues involved in handling and prosecuting terrorism-related cases in East Africa and the Horn of Africa region. The program seeks to build the capacities of African Union member states to effectively investigate, prosecute and deliver justice in terrorism-related cases in the context of internationally accepted instruments of the rule of law.

Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania and Niger

Human rights

Funding in the amount of $680,000 over three years will go toward strengthening national capacity in sub-Saharan Africa to address the need for human rights compliance in criminal justice measures against terrorism and violent extremism in seven selected African states: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. The project will be carried out by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.