The institutional and operational Framework for Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action System (MHEWAS) was endorsed by the 35th Assembly of AU Heads of State and Government in February 2022. Prepared by the CIMA Foundation for the African Union Commission with support from UNDP through the Sahel Resilience Project, the framework provides comprehensive and strategic guidance for a seven-year programme to implement early warning and action on natural hazards, with interfaces to systems monitoring conflict, health disasters, and observatories for other man-made hazards. H.E. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President of the Republic of Mozambique and African Union Champion for Disaster Risk Management, publicly unveiled the continental framework on the occasion oh the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction in Maputo, Mozambique, on 13 October 2022, sending a strong signal of the AU's political commitment to strengthening multi-hazard early warning and early action, and preparedness in Africa. The policy brief on the Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action System for Africa is available in English, French and Portuguese.