The double summit of the African Union in Malabo ended on Saturday evening on the sly. No closing ceremony and, at the end of the closed session, no information on the joint declaration that the heads of state were to adopt on unconstitutional changes of power and terrorism. It is therefore unknown for the moment if the calls for action of the chairman of the AU commission have been heard.
The Equatoguinean Ambassador to the African Union, Crisantos Obama Ondo, assures us: statement was adopted containing “ an important decision “. The diplomat, however, refuses to deliver the content and the double summit in Malabo therefore closed on Saturday without a clear indication of the orientations finally adopted.
During the debates, several Heads of State or their representatives mentioned pell-mell the ” interference “foreign, the” neocolonialism of certain powers and the mercenaries to explain coups or justify the perpetuation of strong powers.
The inability of governments to fight terrorism
” Let’s stop looking elsewhere when the political practices of our States clash with the rules and principles of virtuous governance that we have unanimously adopted“, indicated the president of the commission of the African Union while challenging the heads of State.
Moussa Faki Mahamat condemned the coups that hide behind ” the inability of democratically elected civilian governments to fight terrorism “. He also denounced the creeping coups “which constitute, among other things, ” Amendments to Constitutions for the purpose of confiscating power “.
Terrorism, a threat “for all regions of the continent”
At this summit, terrorism and unconstitutional change were therefore matters of concern, and they had to be talked about assures our special correspondent in Malabo, Peter Sassou Dogbe. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairman of the African Union Commission, said that terrorism is a threat and that all regions of the continent are affected. He assures us that coups d’etat constitute a setback and that everyone must wake up.
” We can no longer continue to accept, more than five decades after African independence, that we are returning to behaviors that already seemed to have been recorded in the past, considers the Angolan João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço at the closing of the summit. We must pull ourselves together and act with consistency, courage and firmness. »
According to the Equatoguinean Ambassador to the AU, Crisantos Obama Ondo, who spoke at theAFP: “ A declaration was adopted. It contains important measures “, even if he refused to give the content. We will therefore have to wait for the text of the final declaration to find out more.
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