African leaders have gathered at the AU headquarters to kick off a two-day Summit as the continent reels from a spate of military coups and the coronavirus pandemic. The Summit, starting today also comes as the 55-member bloc faces pressure to push for a ceasefire in host country Ethiopia, where a 15-month war has killed thousands of people and driven hundreds of thousands to the brink of starvation.
According to the founder of the AU-focused Amani Africa Think-Tank, Solomon Dersso, the two-day summit should discuss how to be more proactive in addressing factors that give rise to coups, including instability related to armed groups and frustration over constitutional revisions that extend leaders’ time in power.
President Akufo Addo is leading Ghana’s delegation to the Summit
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