Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attended his first African Union, A.U., meeting today at the Nelson Mandela Hall at the body’s headquarters in the capital, Addis Ababa. According to a summary of the issues he shared with leaders, Abiy highlighted that the Union’s wide reforms were necessary not for the sake of initiating reforms, but because it is a must. African leaders gather for Extraordinary SummitAfrican leaders are gathered in Addis Ababa for the 11th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union, Abiy takes a prominent seat being host of the summit along with current AU president, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame. The body is currently discussing reform efforts aimed at revamping the structure of the Union. The yearly rotational presidency will move from Kagame to Egypt’s Abdel Fatteh Al-Sisi in January 2019 when leaders gather for the ordinary summit.

Source: Ethiopian News November 17, 2018 10:52 UTC