ADDIS ABABA, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The 29th African Union (AU) summit concluded on Tuesday amid call for strong collaboration among African countries to tackle key regional and global issues.
In his closing remarks, AU Chairman Alpha Conde, who is also president of the Republic of Guinea, called for strong collaboration and solidarity to deal with issues of development, peace and security.
Conde underlined the need for African countries to speak with one voice, and to address terrorism as well as migration, which he said takes Africa's vital forces, the youth, out of the continent.
The closing session of the summit saw the swearing in of two senior AU officials: the commissioner for economic affairs from Madagascar and the commissioner for human resource, science and technology from Cameroon, who will be serving a four-year term in the positions.
The summit was convened under the theme, "Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investment in the Youth."
