Kinshasa, 14 February, 2021 / 2:33 pm (ACI Africa).
The leadership of the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) has, in a report shared with ACI Africa, welcomed the election of the new President of the African Union (AU) and urged him to prioritize peace by working toward ending violent conflicts on the continent.
President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was elected head of the AU during the two-day 34th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and government that concluded February 7.
In the report shared with ACI Africa Thursday, February 11, the Secretary General of AACC, Rev. Dr. Fidon Mwombeki, is quoted as saying that “maintaining and preserving peace remained a topmost priority” for the new President of AU.
“Last year, Africa missed its target of Silencing the Guns by 2020. Instead, tragically, in 2020, new conflicts emerged, inter alia in the Sahel region and Ethiopia, the host country of the African Union Commission,” says Rev. Mwombeki in the report.
The General Secretary of the Nairobi-headquartered ecumenical fellowship with a presence in more than 40 African countries also expresses concerns about the “continued missing of targets set out in Agenda 2063.”