Addis –Ababa (Ethiopia), February 1, 2014 (SPS) - Participants at the 22nd Ordinary Summit of the African Union (AU), which ended Friday in Addis Ababa, stressed the need for making food security in Africa "a priority" as well as security and peace.
The African leaders have called for strengthening peace and security and exploiting wealth and capabilities available in the continent.
They also called to make of economic issues, priorities, as well as security issues. They likewise stressed the need to activate the African rapid response force so to find solutions to the crises, pending the African Standby Force to be operational in 2015.
Mauritania president Mahmoud Ould Abdelaziz, acting president of AU, emphasized in his closing speech the need for fighting against terrorism and the organized cross-border crime, and giving priority to stronger integration through facilities allowing to boost trade between the African countries and the other countries and the specialized organizations. (SPS)
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