AU summit grapples with coups, food crisis, terrorism, climate change
By DW
08 June 2022 |
2:40 pm
African Union leaders are meeting in Equatorial Guinea. Inflation and war in Ukraine are increasing food prices across Africa. Four AU member states are suspended because of coups.
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