The African Union’s new Chairperson, Chadian President Idriss Deby, urged African leaders on Sunday to engage in dialogue to end violence in Burundi and South Sudan.
Deby told delegates at the closing ceremony of this year’s AU summit that they must take action before thousands of people die as a result of the violence in the two eastAfrican nations.
He welcomed the resolutions reached by officials at the summit and asked them to continue working on resolving the issues that undermine progress in the continent.
CCTV talked to Nii Akuetteh, the Executive Director of The African Immigrant Caucus in Washington DC.