By Jerry Omondi
Wednesday May 25, 2022
The African Union Extraordinary Summit on Terrorism and
Unconstitutional Changes of Government is set to be held in Malabo, Equatorial
Guinea, on May 25-28, 2022.
The commencement of the summit will coincide with Africa
Day, which is observed annually to commemorate the founding of the Organisation
of African Unity (OAU) which was created on 25 May 1963. It is the precursor of
the African Union (AU).
The Extraordinary Summit comes on the back of five coups in
Africa since 2021, with cases of terror attacks in various regions and
countries including the Sahel, Somalia, Angola and the Central African Republic,
among others.
Ahead of the meetings, the AU Commission Chairperson Moussa
Faki Mahamat arrived in Malabo on Tuesday and was received by Equatorial Guinea
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
The two leaders engaged in talks on various issues of mutual
interest.
In March, the AU held a Reflection Forum on Unconstitutional
Changes of Government in Africa, in Accra, Ghana, focusing on finding solutions
to address the resurgence of unconstitutional changes of government in Africa.