Africa-Press – Angola. Angola’s ambassador to Ethiopia and permanent representative to the African Union (AU), Miguel Bembe, stated, in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), that the peace situation in Africa is very fragile, due to armed conflicts in the five regions of the continent.
When speaking at the meeting that the main political advisor to the US Secretary of State, Salman Ahmed, held, on Monday, with African ambassadors accredited in Ethiopia, the Angolan diplomat highlighted that the complex peace and security scenario on the continent is marked by actions of terrorist groups in the Sahel region and the civil war in Sudan.
He also highlighted terrorist acts by negative forces in the Great Lakes Region, particularly in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
On the occasion, he also mentioned the political-diplomatic and military tension between the governments of the DRC and Rwanda, with accusations about alleged support for the M23 and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR)
The diplomat also spoke about the violent actions of the terrorist and extremist group Al-Shabaab, in Somalia, with external projection in the North of Mozambique, where it operates in association with the Islamic State.
“The conflict in Libya and the political and security situation in some regions of Ethiopia and South Sudan also continue to require permanent monitoring”, emphasized Ambassador Miguel Bembe.
He noted that the situation has worsened the population’s social difficulties, delaying political, economic and social development, as well as the implementation of the African Union’s 2063 agenda and the United Nations’ 2030 agenda on the Sustainable Development Goals, with an exponential increase in crises. widespread humanitarian aid.
“As if that were not enough, this black situation is joined by the resurgence of coups d’état and so-called unconstitutional changes of government carried out by the military, but also the manipulation and alteration of norms, to maintain power, or compete for a new mandate illegally”, added the Angolan diplomat.
He highlighted that, 71 years after the first coup d’état, the African continent lived only 25 years without this phenomenon, noting that, of the 55 Member States of the AU, only 20 countries did not experience this scenario.
He stated that, Angola, as a member of the AU Peace and Security Council, reiterates the need to address the factors underlying unconstitutional changes of government in Africa, especially aspects of governance deficits and the manipulation of democratic processes.
“In this context, Angola and the Government led by President João Lourenço, also Champion of the African Union for Peace and Reconciliation in Africa, not only decrees zero tolerance to unconstitutional changes of government, but also condemns any form of rise to power that is outside the constitutional and democratic provisions”, he highlighted.
He summarized that the principles of pan-Africanism set out in the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, the Lomé Declaration of July 2000, and the African Governance Architecture, as well as the Constitutions of States, must be respected. -Members, including the basic principles of democracy.
He recalled that in the troubled context of peace and security on the continent, President João Lourenço has carried out incessant actions with a view to strengthening preventive diplomacy and dialogue between the belligerent parties, since the persistence of the use of weapons has dramatic consequences in the humanitarian field , political, economic and cultural.
He called on the United States of America to support some emblematic projects underway on the continent, within the scope of the implementation of agenda 2063 and other national initiatives, focusing on the eradication of hunger and malnutrition.
“This is a serious challenge as Africa’s population is growing rapidly at more than 2% per year. Immediate and collective action is imperative to accelerate agricultural growth in order to meet the food needs of a population that will reach two billion by 2040,” she noted.
The diplomat considered that the United States has the opportunity to support the African continent in implementing projects in the fields of agriculture and the blue economy, as well as in implementing the decisions of the next African Summit on Fertilizers and Soil Health, to be held in May this year, in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
The issue of climate change, the reform of the Architecture of International Financial Institutions and the United Nations Security Council, in the spirit of the Common African Position, enshrined in the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration on the allocation of permanent seats to Africa, with all inherent privileges are matters whose resolution, in the ambassador’s view, can count on US involvement.
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