But several continental heavyweights will attend, including African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki and the presidents of African oil giants Angola and Nigeria. MilitaryThe summit will also look at how the U.S. can work with African governments on security challenges, which are especially acute in the Sahel region and in Somalia. Briefing reporters Thursday, a senior defense official said the Pentagon is taking a three-pronged approach – blending defense, development and diplomacy – to address African security challenges. "By providing higher quality products and services and by working together with our partners on issues that are important to them," the defense official said. Currently, five African leaders have ruled for more than 30 years each, and a half dozen more have been in power for longer than a decade.

Source: Ethiopian News December 09, 2022 04:41 UTC