Safety, Security Expected To Top Au Summit Agenda

President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union AU Summit in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.

There will be elections for the new chairperson of the African Union during the summit which will start this morning.

Safety and security issues, especially in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are expected to top the agenda of the summit.

The 55-nation body meets as Africa faces devastating conflicts in the eastern DRC and Sudan as well as US President Donald Trumps cuts to US development aid, which have hit the continent hard.