{"id":39826,"date":"2023-02-20T17:47:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T17:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security"},"modified":"2023-02-20T17:47:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T17:47:43","slug":"geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security","title":{"rendered":"Geingob, Guterres deliberate on peace, security"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Following the 36th Ordinary Summit of the African Union on Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, President Hage Geingob held consultations with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Anto\u0301nio Guterres to deliberate on peace and security for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the region at large.<\/p>\n

The consultations were held ahead of the African Union Peace and Security Council meeting.Geingob, the chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, outlined regional efforts to foster peace in eastern DRC, and emphasised the primacy of diplomacy over war in resolving the conflict there. He noted that Namibia supports the Luanda and Nairobi Processes.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t make peace with your friends, you make peace with your enemies,\u201d Geingob stressed. He also informed Guterres that Namibia had gone through a difficult period over the past few years, occasioned by external intervening variables, including Covid-19 and the commodity crisis.<\/p>\n

With the discovery of oil and the promotion of green hydrogen as part of the energy transition, Geingob said he was optimistic about the future of Namibia.<\/p>\n

Guterres commended the efforts of Geingob to champion peace in the SADC region, including the development of Namibia.<\/p>\n

The President also inaugurated the newly-renovated chancery building of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia to the Federal Republic of Ethiopia and the African Union.<\/p>\n

He said \u201cthe investment in the reconstruction of this embassy building is another milestone that will positively contribute to the bilateral relations<\/p>\n

between our two countries\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bond that was established before independence continues to shape our two countries to strengthen bilateral relations in various areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

African leaders met on Saturday to discuss a slew of challenges facing the continent, as UN chief Guterres urged them to do more to bring peace to conflict-hit regions.<\/p>\n

Africa is reeling from a record drought in the Horn of Africa and deadly violence in the Sahel region and eastern DRC, with the two-day AU summit aiming to address these issues and jumpstart a faltering free trade pact.<\/p>\n

Most of the sessions were held behind closed doors at the AU headquarters in<\/p>\n

Addis Ababa, with more than 30<\/p>\n

presidents and prime ministers in<\/p>\n

attendance.<\/p>\n

The summit was also aiming to kickstart the faltering African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, launched in 2020. African nations currently trade only about 15% of their goods and services with each other, and the AfCFTA aims to boost that by 60% by 2034 by eliminating almost all tariffs.<\/p>\n

But implementation has fallen well short of that goal, with governments at odds over tariff reductions.<\/p>\n

Guterres called for Africa to take \u201caction for peace\u201d, adding that the continent of 1.4 billion people faced \u201cenormous tests… on virtually every front\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am deeply concerned about the recent rise in violence by armed groups in the eastern DRC, and the rise of terrorist groups in the Sahel and elsewhere,\u201d he told the gathering. \u201cThe mechanisms for peace are faltering,\u201d the UN secretary-general warned. Nevertheless, he urged the bloc to \u201ccontinue to battle for peace\u201d.<\/p>\n

Guterres also announced that the UN\u2019s Central Emergency Response Fund would release US$250 million to support some of the most vulnerable people in the world, including those at risk of famine in the drought-hit Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n

He said 339 million people were in need of humanitarian aid, up 25% on last year.<\/p>\n

At a mini-summit on Friday, leaders of the seven-nation East African Community pushed for all armed groups to withdraw from occupied areas in the eastern DRC by the end of next month.<\/p>\n

Guterres furthermore met with several African leaders on Friday, including Rwandan President Paul Kagame, to discuss in particular the crisis in the Congo.<\/p>\n

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, host of the summit, lauded the bloc for its role in mediating a peace deal between his government and the Tigray People\u2019s Liberation Front (TPLF) in November to end a brutal two-year battle in northern Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

Moussa Faki Mahamat, head of the African Union Commission, told the meeting the bloc needed to come up with new strategies to counter the backsliding of democracy on the continent.<\/p>\n

He said \u201csanctions imposed on member states following unconstitutional changes<\/p>\n

of government… do not seem to produce the expected results\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems necessary to reconsider the system of resistance to the unconstitutional changes in order to make it more effective,\u201d Faki added.<\/p>\n

Created in 2002 following the disbanding of the Organisation of African Unity, the AU comprises all 55 African countries, with a population of 1.4 billion people.<\/p>\n

While the bloc has been credited with taking a stand against coups, it has long been criticised as ineffectual.<\/p>\n

Comoros President Azali Assoumani, leader of the small Indian Ocean archipelago of almost 900 000 people, took over the one-year rotating AU chairmanship from Senegal\u2019s Macky Sall.<\/p>\n

Assoumani (64) called for a \u201ctotal cancellation\u201d of African debt in his acceptance speech, but did not elaborate on how this would be achieved.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. Following the 36th Ordinary Summit of the African Union on Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, President Hage Geingob held consultations with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Anto\u0301nio Guterres to deliberate on peace and security for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the region at large. The consultations were held ahead of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":39825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12,249],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-39826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"\nGeingob, Guterres deliberate on peace, security - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Geingob, Guterres deliberate on peace, security\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press – Namibia. Following the 36th Ordinary Summit of the African Union on Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, President Hage Geingob held consultations with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Anto\u0301nio Guterres to deliberate on peace and security for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the region at large. The consultations were held ahead of […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-20T17:47:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Geingob, Guterres deliberate on peace, security\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-20T17:47:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security\"},\"wordCount\":829,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676902674.88.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security\",\"name\":\"Geingob, Guterres deliberate on peace, security - Namibia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676902674.88.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-20T17:47:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676902674.88.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676902674.88.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":498,\"caption\":\"Geingob, Guterres deliberate on peace, security\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Geingob, Guterres deliberate on peace, security\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/\",\"name\":\"Namibia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Geingob, Guterres deliberate on peace, security - Namibia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Geingob, Guterres deliberate on peace, security","og_description":"Africa-Press – Namibia. Following the 36th Ordinary Summit of the African Union on Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, President Hage Geingob held consultations with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Anto\u0301nio Guterres to deliberate on peace and security for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the region at large. The consultations were held ahead of […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security","og_site_name":"Namibia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-02-20T17:47:43+00:00","author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Geingob, Guterres deliberate on peace, security","datePublished":"2023-02-20T17:47:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security"},"wordCount":829,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676902674.88.jpg","keywords":["africa press","Africa Press-Namibia","namibia"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","policy","to-homepage"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security","name":"Geingob, Guterres deliberate on peace, security - Namibia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676902674.88.jpg","datePublished":"2023-02-20T17:47:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676902674.88.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676902674.88.jpg","width":720,"height":498,"caption":"Geingob, Guterres deliberate on peace, security"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/geingob-guterres-deliberate-on-peace-security#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Geingob, Guterres deliberate on peace, security"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/","name":"Namibia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}