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African Union Commission Internship Program

  • Organization: African Union Commission
  • Type: Internship
  • Location: Nationals of African Union Member States
  • Deadline: December 31, 2026
  • Age: 32 and under at the time of selection
  • Funding: No Funding

The African Union Commission runs a rolling internship programme at its headquarters in Addis Ababa, across departments from Peace and Security to Women, Gender and Youth. It is aimed at final-year undergraduates, recent graduates and postgraduates who are nationals of an AU Member State. The experience is real and the institution is serious, but the money is not there: the AU states it has no financial obligation towards interns, and you pay your own travel, accommodation, living costs and insurance. **What you get:** - Hands-on experience inside a continental intergovernmental institution - Placement in one of roughly 30 AU departments and directorates - Professional exposure across policy, administration, research, communications and project management - Work in a multicultural environment with experienced international professionals - A three-month placement, renewable once, so up to six months in total - Assistance from the AU in obtaining entry and residence visas **What you'll do:** - Provide administrative and technical support to AU programmes, projects and activities - Work within an assigned department such as Political Affairs Peace and Security, Education Science Technology and Innovation, or Women Gender and Youth - Apply online through the AU careers portal using the mandatory AU CV template - Submit a motivation letter, academic certificates, a CV, a recommendation letter from your institution, and a copy of your passport or national ID

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African Union Commission Internship Program

Dec 31, 2026 23:59:00 Africa/Nairobi
Opportunity type
Internship
Funding
No Funding
Location
Global
Deadline
Dec 31, 2026 23:59:00 Africa/Nairobi

About this opportunity

The African Union Commission runs a rolling internship programme at its headquarters in Addis Ababa, across departments from Peace and Security to Women, Gender and Youth. It is aimed at final-year undergraduates, recent graduates and postgraduates who are nationals of an AU Member State. The experience is real and the institution is serious, but the money is not there: the AU states it has no financial obligation towards interns, and you pay your own travel, accommodation, living costs and insurance.

What you get:

  • Hands-on experience inside a continental intergovernmental institution
  • Placement in one of roughly 30 AU departments and directorates
  • Professional exposure across policy, administration, research, communications and project management
  • Work in a multicultural environment with experienced international professionals
  • A three-month placement, renewable once, so up to six months in total
  • Assistance from the AU in obtaining entry and residence visas

What you'll do:

  • Provide administrative and technical support to AU programmes, projects and activities
  • Work within an assigned department such as Political Affairs Peace and Security, Education Science Technology and Innovation, or Women Gender and Youth
  • Apply online through the AU careers portal using the mandatory AU CV template
  • Submit a motivation letter, academic certificates, a CV, a recommendation letter from your institution, and a copy of your passport or national ID

Who can apply

  • 32 years of age or under at the time of selection
  • A national of an African Union Member State
  • Enrolled in at least the final year of a bachelor's degree, or holding a bachelor's or postgraduate qualification
  • Fluent in at least one AU working language: Arabic, English, French or Portuguese
  • Highest standard of moral conduct and integrity, with no serious criminal conviction
  • Prior work experience is not required
  • No application fees

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Good to know

  • +A genuine posting on the AU's own recruitment portal, open with a real closing date, not a recycled evergreen page
  • +A long window: applications are open until 31 December 2026
  • +Around 30 departments host interns, so the range of placements is wide
  • +No prior work experience required, which makes it genuinely accessible to recent graduates
  • +The AU will help interns obtain entry and residence visas
  • +No fee at any stage

Worth checking yourself

  • !You pay for everything. The AU states it has no financial obligation towards interns: travel, accommodation, living expenses and insurance are all on you, in Addis Ababa, for three months. The aggregator article does not mention this at all
  • !No compensation for travel, and no medical evacuation cover. You must arrange your own insurance
  • !The internship runs three months and can be renewed only once
  • !The application asks for a copy of your passport or national ID up front, which is standard for an intergovernmental body verifying Member State nationality, but it is more than most applications ask for. Only upload it on the official jobs.au.int portal
  • !Use of the AU CV template is mandatory. Applications without it are unlikely to be processed
  • !The aggregator says applicants must be aged 22 to 32. The official posting sets no lower age bound, only the upper limit of 32

What we could not confirm

  • ?The posting says nationals of AU Member States without listing them, so we have not published a country filter. The official page also lists the AU working languages differently in two places: the eligibility section says Arabic, English, French or Portuguese, while the required skills section adds Spanish and Kiswahili. We carried the eligibility section's four
  • ?Countries

Sources checked

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African Union Commission Internship Program
Dec 31, 2026 23:59:00 Africa/Nairobi