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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