The U.S. has lauded the African Union Commission for its efforts at Africa’s integration, describing it as “a force for good”.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, after his meeting with Chairperson of the AU Commission, Mr Moussa Mahamat, at the Commission’s headquarters in Addis Ababa, said he was in Africa ‘to listen”
Tillerson said “the purpose of my trip to this continent is to listen. I think it is important that we listen to what the priorities of the countries here on the continent are.
“And see where there is good alignment between their priorities and our areas of greatest interest as well. And I think we’ve already found there are many”.
He applauded the Africa Centres for Disease Control, saying it has been quite successful in tracking and responding to disease outbreaks on the continent adding, health security also advanced…
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