President @MBuhari will tomorrow, depart Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to join leaders from the 55-member countries of the African Union (AU) to participate in the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Union. pic.twitter.com/ukWDakLVm8
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) February 6, 2020
The 36th ordinary session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council, which comprises ministers of the 55-member pan-African bloc, opened on Thursday in the framework of the 33rd AU summit at the AU headquarters in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa.
In the two-day session, the AU Executive Council is expected to consider the draft agenda and the draft decisions and declarations of the assembly with appropriate recommendations for consideration by the AU heads of states, whose session is scheduled to take place from 9 to 10 Feb.
The meeting is being held under the AU Theme of the Year 2020, “Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Development”. The initiative of Silencing the Guns is a flagship project of Africa’s Agenda 2063 and aims to achieve a conflict-free Africa, prevent genocide, make peace a reality for all and rid the continent of wars, civil conflicts, gender-based violence, violent conflicts and preventing genocide.
