Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, said Africa needs more solidarity to aid the continent from the current economic, social, political and climate change calamities.
Speaking during a courtesy visit to President Hage Geingob in the capital on Friday, Mahamat said Africa is faced by challenges that call for African leaders to speak with one voice to tackle and ensure peace and socio-economic stability in the continent.
The AU head said currently there are five countries in the continent faced with ongoing war and political strife, which requires urgent actions to avoid disaster, these are Libya, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Mozambique and Ethiopia.
Mahamat further said, the AU is proud of Namibia and its principle of upholding national and global solidarity, saying the country demonstrates the rule of law and democracy principle which many countries on the continent should emulate.
“Democracy principles is what the AU wants to see in other countries that governments should go by the choice of the citizens. We need to speak with one voice and the commission relies on the support of President Geingob as the Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation through these challenges,” he said.
Mahamat noted that the AU and its partners are conveying in a two-day meeting in Windhoek to introspect and identify challenges facing African countries and ensure international relations in effort to ensure peace and stability.
At the same event, Geingob said Namibia is a child of international solidarity, therefore stands and supports countries facing challenges, especially those that require the SADC organ politics,defence and security cooperation’s assistance.
Geingob said Namibia is governed by institutions, processes and systems to maximise democracy, however, though democratic independence is achieved the country is faced by high unemployment and poverty, which equally calls for continental solidarity.
Source: The Namibian Press Agency
