Under the leadership and directives of the President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the Algerian diplomacy played a pioneering role at the level of the African Union organization throughout 2025, where it managed to revive and strengthen its diplomatic presence based on deep-rooted historical principles and according to a wise constructive approach, aiming primarily to defend the interests of the African continent, strengthen its sovereignty, and to affirm its position at the international level in line with continental and international challenges.
In this respect, Algeria continued its efforts to preserve the interests of the African continent and its peoples, where these efforts were translated into a series of achievements accomplished as part of this continental organization.
In February 2025, Ambassador Salma Malika Haddadi was elected to the position of Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, underscoring Algeria’s standing and commitment to Africa while reflecting African Union member states’ confidence in its wise leadership.
Algerian diplomacy also worked during the African Union proceedings to support the adoption of the statutes for the Continental Mechanism for Disaster Prevention and Response, which is an initiative of the President of the Republic, as well as the ratification of his proposal concerning the establishment of an African Day to commemorate African martyrs and victims of the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism and the apartheid regime, as well as the adoption of the Oran Declaration issued by the African Youth Forum for 2024.
With a clear and transparent vision aimed at contributing to African Union decisions on continental peace and security, Algeria managed to secure a seat on the African Union Peace and Security Council for a three-year term (2025-2028).
This achievement reflects the longstanding respect the African nations hold for the Algerian diplomacy as a force for peace, grounded in historical principles of defending just causes and promoting stability across the continent.
In this respect, and during its presidency of the African Peace and Security Council in August, under the leadership of Mohamed Khaled, Algeria’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the African Union, Algeria took upon itself the responsibility of developing initiatives that align with political and security priorities and finding African solutions to crises and conflicts of the African continent, based on a studied agenda, where this presidency resulted in a series of outcomes, including: activating the Peace and Security Council Sub-Committee on Counterterrorism, establishing the institutional character of Peace and Security Council meetings with the African Group in the UN Security Council (A3) at the ambassadorial level on a regular basis, as well as creating a continental security map as an effective mechanism to support decision-making of a proactive and preventive nature and an effective tool for updating threats and risks and ensuring rapid response to limit and prevent their escalation on the African continent.
In recognition of Algeria’s role in promoting human rights in Africa, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights elected Chafika Bensaoula as its Vice President, and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child elected Sabrina Kehar as its Chairperson, which once again confirms Algeria’s standing and role within the African space as a nation committed to strengthening human rights principles and values at both continental and global levels.
Additionally, Salma Sassi Safer, Commissioner at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Bensaoula Chafika, Judge at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and Samia Bourouba, member of the African Union Commission on International Law, were all appointed as members of the African Commission on Reparations.
As part of its continental diplomatic activity, Algeria witnessed exceptional momentum during 2025, hosting in September the 4th Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2025), which achieved unprecedented success in terms of participation and results.
It also hosted in December the 12th High-Level Seminar on Peace and Security in Africa (Oran Process), which was distinguished by record ministerial participation and notable attendance by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for the first time, coinciding with the holding of the International Conference on Colonial Crimes which was crowned with the “Algiers Declaration,” scheduled to be presented for ratification at the African Union Summit in February 2026.
Algeria strengthened its pioneering role in innovation by organizing the 4th African Startup Conference last December.
