In the course of rising prices to a warming planet and deadly conflicts, the global state of affairs is dire.
Speaking on Tuesday at the 77th session of the UN’s General Assembly, Macky Sall, the Senegalese president and chairperson of the African Union insisted on the threat of terrorism.
During this first in-person general assembly since 2020, Sall also reiterated his call for a better representation of the continent on the world stage.
The Senegalese president pleaded for the lifting of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe.
The AU chairperson also said that Africa does not want to be the breeding ground of a new Cold War, alluding to the pressure mounting on the continent’s leaders to choose sides over the war in Ukraine.