The opening ceremony of the 36th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia began on a high note with the usual pomp and chaos on Wednesday, as leaders looked to discuss combatting terrorism amidst the rising instability across the continent.
While the official theme of the summit in 2023 is “The Year of AfCFTA: Acceleration of the African Continental Free Trade Area Implementation”; the unofficial theme is undoubtedly, “African solutions to African problems” – a slogan echoed by many during this year’s opening to the political summit.
With rising instability across the continent, the AU will be conferring a number of regions, including the Lake Chad Basin area, as well as “unconstitutional changes of government” incited by recurrent military coups and ambitions of third-termism as seen in both Senegal and Central African Republic.
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