AU Summit: Where peace, conflict, funding dominate talks
African Union Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat (Front, left), Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 9, 2020. PHOTO | MICHAEL TEWELDE | AFP
Ordinary sessions of the African Union can sometimes become dull. On other occasions, it can really be on fireworks, especially when the topic is the International Criminal Court or colonialism.
This week on Monday, the 33rd Session ended, bringing to a close an annual ritual where African heads of state and government converge in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to discuss African problems, without necessarily allocating money to them.
