Meeting at a summit in Malabo, the African Union warns of the continent's humanitarian crises

Moussa Faki Mahamat the President of the African Union Commission (illustration image).

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The African Union summit opened this Friday morning in Malabo.

This first day of work by Heads of State was devoted to humanitarian crises.

The picture is worrying and risks getting even darker, according to Commission President Moussa Faki Mahamat.

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With our special correspondent in Malabo

,

Peter Sassou Dogbé

The summit opened with a very bleak picture of the humanitarian situation.

Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Chairperson of the Commission, explained that humanitarian emergencies in Africa were numerous, diverse and geographically dispersed, and constituted a major concern for the African Union.

This bleak picture, he added, is further clouded by the plight of refugees on the continent and

the effects of climate change

, which manifest themselves in prolonged droughts and devastating floods.

Armed conflicts are further aggravating the situation, said Macky Sall, the current president of the African Union.

We must admit it and mobilize, he added.

“ 

We cannot dream of a better future when the poverty of some leaves others indifferent

 ,” concluded the Senegalese president.

An appeal to donors was launched, but member countries were also called upon to work so that people affected by humanitarian crises are not abandoned.

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