African conflicts require better leaders

As hundreds of thousands of people live in fear of attacks in various countries on the continent, African leaders attending the African Union Summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa must outline a new set of measures to deal with unconstitutional takeover of power, including the amendment of the landmark Lome Declaration.

Column by Wisdom Mdzungairi

In fact, they must seize the moment and make peace a priority rather than be concerned with how they can protect their positions of authority.

Recent coups d’etat in Mali and Guinea Bissau, amendments to the Lome and Algiers Declarations are urgently required during the AU Summit to criminalise power seizures.

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