Africa: ECA's Vera Songwe Issues Clarion Call for Urgent Action to Silence the Guns in Africa

The agenda of silencing the guns and securing peace on the African continent must be dealt with in a comprehensive manner, including addressing governance issues, says Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa.

In a speech during the opening ceremony of the 36th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union on the theme; Silencing the guns: creating conditions for Africa's development, Ms. Songwe said governance in all its dimensions held some of the answers to Africa's conflict challenge.

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