Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Leaders from across the continent are in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa city to attend an African Union (AU) summit, hoping to find a way to deal with the displacement crisis the continent is facing. The refugees are unaware of the summit and why the leaders are gathered in the city. 190207160537518Mahdi is one of 20,000 refugees registered in the city, according to the charity, and has been here for seven months after escaping the conflict in Yemen. The continent hosts about 37 percent of the world’s 19.6 million refugees and 39.1 million internally displaced people, according to UNECA. For the refugees gathered in Janmeda, they can only hope and pray that the leaders gathered so close to them can bring the conflicts in their home countries to an end.

Source: Ethiopian News February 09, 2019 06:56 UTC