The Court of Accounts Participates in the African Union External Auditors’ Board Meeting

The Court of Accounts took part remotely, in its capacity as a permanent member of the Board of External Accounts of the African Union, in the meeting of this Board held on November 7, 2025 in Midrand, South Africa.

In her address, Ms. Zineb El Adoui, First President of the Court of Accounts, praised the work of the Audit Operations Committee, composed of audit directors from the audit institutions that are members of the said Board, which carried out the preparatory work for this meeting. She also emphasized the need to empower the African Union’s Executive Secretariat at the External Auditors’ Board with the human resources necessary to support the work of the Board and its Audit Operations Committee.

On this occasion, the First President called for providing adequate conditions for the members of the Audit Operations Committee to carry out auditing work in optimal conditions. She also stressed the critical importance of following up on the recommendations issued by the External Auditors’ Board, which could enhance the impact of the Board’s work on the African Union’s financial governance. She also expressed the Court of Accounts’ readiness to share its experience in this area with the Board and other relevant African Union bodies.

The Board is composed of the heads of six supreme audit institutions with permanent membership, representing the countries contributing the most to the African Union budget: Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria, Angola, Algeria and South Africa in addition to five rotating members representing the continent’s geographic regions (North, South, East, West, and Central) on a two-year basis.

This meeting primarily focused on adopting the African Union Accounts Audit Strategy for 2025, which will be implemented in the upcoming year as well as elaborating the audit plan and distributing tasks among the audit institutions forming the External Auditors’ Board. In this context, the Court of Accounts was tasked with the same areas it audited last year in connection with the African Union Commission’s accounts, namely investment management, financial management and partner funds. It was also assigned to audit two other AU entities: the African Union Development Agency – New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR).