The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has asserted that Africa holds the tools to drive its own economic transformation and must seize them.

China and Namibia marked the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Horse, with a cultural celebration highlighting growing people-to-people ties between the two countries.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has forcefully condemned Africa’s continued exclusion from permanent membership of the UN Security Council, calling the situation “indefensible” and out of touch with modern realities.

Burundi’s President, Évariste Ndayishimiye, has been elected Chairperson of the African Union at the 39th Ordinary Summit of the continental body.

Ndayishimiye takes over the rotational AU chairmanship from Angola’s President, João Lourenço.

African leaders are seeking the guidance of God as they make decisions on issues intended to advance the development of the continent.