{"id":7718,"date":"2019-02-08T20:56:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T12:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=7718"},"modified":"2019-02-08T20:56:58","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T12:56:58","slug":"african-leaders-meet-to-resolve-armed-conflicts-in-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=7718","title":{"rendered":"African leaders meet to resolve armed conflicts in the region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/au.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7724\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/au.jpg 640w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/au-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/au-555x370.jpg 555w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/au-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>File pix of Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa. He will be joining other African leaders at a regional summit expected to find resolutions to armed conflicts in the region.   Photo courtesy of Belal Khaled\/Zuma Press\/dpa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>HARARE, Feb 8 (NNN-NEW ZIANA) \u2013 President Emmerson Mnangagwa  on Friday left for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he will join other African leaders at the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AU Heads of State Summit, which will be held on 10 and 11 February  will run under the theme, \u201cRefugees, returnees and internally  displaced persons: towards durable solutions to forced displacement in  Africa.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The continent is struggling to end armed conflicts in a number of   countries.  Observers feel the bulk of the conflicts are being sponsored by other  countries angling to exploit natural resources while being shielded by  the instability.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Millions of people continue to leave their home countries while others  have been displaced as a result of the strife.  Burundi, South Sudan, the Central African Republic (CAR), the  Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Eritrea, Mali, Somalia and  Sudan are among the leading African countries where the highest  numbers of refugees are coming from and where displaced people are also  found.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AU has an aim to \u201csilence the guns\u201d by 2020 as it bids to end  conflicts but analysts contend the target is unrealistic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Meanwhile, the continental body is expected to launch the African  Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) Continental Nutrition Accountability  Scorecard.  The event, to be held under the theme \u201cA Call for Better Advocacy and  Accountability for Nutrition Investments,\u201d will be chaired by His  Majesty King Letsie III of Lesotho and African Development Bank  President Akinwumi Adesina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The Continental Nutrition Accountability Scorecard is the latest tool  produced by ALN to raise awareness and reinforce commitments by  African governments to end malnutrition and promote healthy children.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis data-based advocacy tool gives an overview of how African  leaders are doing on their delivery of the main nutrition indicators,\u201d  the AU said.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is expected that the scorecard will increasingly be used to track  Africa\u2019s effort to halt malnutrition and its effects,\u201d it added.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;NNN-NEW ZIANA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HARARE, Feb 8 (NNN-NEW ZIANA) \u2013 President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday left for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he will join other African leaders at the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU). 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