by Nurat Uthman
The Executive Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the African Union was held in Addis Ababa from Wednesday (Feb. 14) to Thursday (Feb. 15).
The Council of ministers coordinates and takes decisions on policies in areas of common interest to Member States.
The resurgence of military coups, pre- and post-election violence, humanitarian crises linked to war and the effects of climate change, were highlighted.
AU Commission chair Moussa Faki Mahamat reckoned that “they pose a serious threat to tarnish the signs of the emergence of the Africa of which we are proud.”
Comoros Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Chair of the Executive Council, also underscored terrorism, violent extremism, and unconstitutional changes of government as a challenge to the democratic processes on the continent.
“We have spared no effort to find a lasting solution to the various crises that are currently affecting the continent,” Dhoihir Dhoulkamal said.
“In Cairo, Addis Ababa and Djibouti, the war in Sudan has mobilized energies to bring the positions of the warring parties closer together.”
The emerging cracks on regional integration was discussed in the two-day ministerial session.
Faki sounded the alarm on a “new phenomenon of collapse of institutions of regional and continental governance.”
