Israel’s deputy director-general for Africa, Mr Sharon Bar-li, is escorted out of the AU assembly. Read more at straitstimes.com.
At a mini-summit on Friday, leaders of the seven-nation East African Community pushed for all armed groups to withdraw from occupied areas in the eastern DRC by the end of next month and for an immediate ceasefire.“I am deeply concerned about the recent rise in violence by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the rise of terrorist groups in the Sahel and elsewhere,” he told the summit.
Mr Assoumani called for a “total cancellation” of African debt but did not elaborate on how this could be achieved.Mr Guterres also announced that the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund would release US$250 million to support some of the most vulnerable people in the world, including those at risk of famine in the drought-hit Horn of Africa.
He told the summit on Saturday that the bloc needed new strategies to counter the backsliding of democracy. The summit, largely held behind closed doors, was also aiming to kickstart the faltering African Continental Free Trade Agreement launched in 2020.
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