{"id":149381,"date":"2018-01-28T23:03:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T04:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=149381"},"modified":"2018-01-28T23:03:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T04:03:19","slug":"un-african-union-leaders-praise-international-co-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/28\/un-african-union-leaders-praise-international-co-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"UN, African Union leaders praise international co operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_139216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139216\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_674134882.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-139216\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_674134882.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres  (Shutterstock)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_674134882.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_674134882-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_674134882-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-139216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia \u2014 The leaders of the United Nations and the African Union urged stronger\u00a0<strong><em>international<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0co-operation at the opening Sunday of the African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI strongly believe Africa is one of the greatest forces for good in our world,\u201d said U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. He said he wants to mobilize greater support for U.N. peacekeeping forces in Africa, including those battling extremist violence in Somalia, Nigeria and in West Africa.<\/p>\n<p>African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat warned against the \u201crise of national egoism,\u201d which some took as a veiled reference to U.S. President Donald Trump. He urged South Sudan&#8217;s warring factions to reach a peace agreement or risk African Union sanctions. Mahamat also urged Congo to hold elections later this year, according to schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The summit is expected to issue a response to Trump&#8217;s recent comment in which he likened African countries to a filthy toilet.<\/p>\n<p>Among the leaders gathered for the annual summit of the African Union&#8217;s 55 countries are the new leaders of Zimbabwe, Liberia and Angola.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is attending the summit and asking African leaders not to open diplomatic representations in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia \u2014 The leaders of the United Nations and the African Union urged stronger\u00a0international\u00a0co-operation at the opening Sunday &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":139216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[27702,44994,24297,1746],"class_list":["post-149381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","tag-african-union","tag-african-union-commission-chairman-moussa-faki-mahamat","tag-u-n-secretary-general-antonio-guterres","tag-united-nations","mauthors-elias-meseret","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}