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What's next for African Union as Burundi assumes rotating chair?

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African leaders at the annual AU summit in Addis Ababa, discussed escalating conflicts in the Horn of Africa, Great Lakes region, the Sahel, and political tensions in Cameroon and South Sudan. Water security was named the theme of 2026. Host Eddy Micah Jnr speaks with DW's Eskinder Azmatch in Ethiopia, and Moussa Soumahoro, a researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, for insights.
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