By Richard Onapatum
Africa’s heads of state yesterday engaged in a closed-door sideline meeting ahead of the official opening of the 37th Ordinary Session of Assembly of the African Union, with the objective of Silencing the Guns in Africa by 2030.
The meeting took place at the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Peace and Security auditorium at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa.
The closed Mini Summit, was convened by H.E João Manuel Goncalves Lourenço President of the Republic of Angola and AU Champion for Peace and Reconciliation in Africa, is considering the Peace and Security Situation in the Eastern Region of the Democratic Republic of Congo with the view to finding lasting solutions to the peace, security and stability in the region.
Uganda is being represented at the meeting by H.E Vice President Jessica Alupo, who is representing President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gen. Odongo Jeje Abubakhar, and Uganda’s Ambassador to the Afrian Union H.E Rebecca Amuge Otengo.