35^th African Union summit

The 35^th African Union summit was held at Addis Ababa in Ethiopia .

Theme of the summit

Strengthening Resilience in Nutrition and Food Security on African continent

Strengthening agro – food systems, health and social protection systems to accelerate human, economic and social capital development .

Highlights of the summit-

-The countries discussed about the unavailability of COVID vaccines to many African countries

- African Union has been facing institutional failures because of insurgencies and coup. This fact was widely agreed by many of the members.

-Palestine wanted the African Union to withdraw the observer status of Israel.

What is AU?

The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa.  The bloc was launched on 9 July 2002 in Durban, South Africa.

 The intention of the AU was to replace the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the OAU was disbanded on 9 July 2002.

The most important decisions of the AU are made by the Assembly of the African Union, a semi-annual meeting of the heads of state and government of its member states.

The Ethiopian Prime Minister Abhiy Ahmed addressed the summit. He announced to end the conflict with Tigrayan rebels.

What is the Tigray crisis?

The Tigray War  is an ongoing civil war that began on 3 November 2020 in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia .

The local Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) are fighting the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), the Ethiopian Federal Police.