With our special correspondent in Addis Ababa, Esdras I will meet
Comorian President Azali Assoumani did not hide his joy on Saturday February 18 when he took over the presidency of theAfrican Union. He also underlined the character historical What was the choice to put at the head of the African organization the president of a small country of less than one million inhabitants, at a time when the continent is facing many challenges.
Getting back on track with a African common market which is slow to materialize, economic and food crises following the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, or even security crises in the four corners of the continent… The task of Azali Assoumani, who was put on the front line to deal with it, won’t be the easiest. According to the NGO International Crisis Group, ” he will need the support of other senior African leaders to assume his mandate, given his country’s limited diplomatic clout ».
Besides these challenges, the Comorian president wants to emphasize the climate emergency, as a representative of an island country, according to a Comorian diplomatic source. And he also hopes to finalize the project initiated by his predecessor, the Senegalese Macky Sall : finally seeing the African Union admitted to the G20 table at its next summit in India.
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