May 29—This past week, the African Union held an Extraordinary Humanitarian Summit, to address the crises of the means to life in many parts of the continent. AU Chairman Macky Sall, President of Senegal, urged his counterparts to tackle the root causes of the humanitarian crises. There are 113 million Africans in extreme need for assistance this year, including 48 million people displaced. An AU statement reported that 15 out of the continent’s 54 countries are hit with terrible suffering.
