{"id":91590,"date":"2020-02-12T12:32:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T12:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=91590"},"modified":"2020-02-12T12:33:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T12:33:05","slug":"african-union-2020-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/african-union-2020-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"African Union 2020 Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Where was African Union 2020 summit organized?<\/strong><br> (a) Libya<br> (b) Congo<br> (c) Addis Ababa<br> (d) Brazzaville<br> <strong>Answer: (c)<br> Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The annual African Union Summit was organized in Addis Ababa, Capital of Ethiopia.<\/li><li>This 33rd general summit that began on 21st January lasted till 10th February 2020.<\/li><li>The African Union\u2019s theme for the year 2020 was- Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa\u2019s Development.<\/li><li>The theme outlines the commitment to achieve the Aspirations of Africa&#8217;s Agenda 2063, specifically Aspiration 4, which envisions a peaceful and secure Africa, thereby making peace a reality for African people.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Focus of the Summit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The focus was to end regional violence at the summit, including conflicts in South Sudan and Libya.<\/li><li>This summit highlighted three challenges in Africa namely: eradicating poverty, tackling the climate crisis and silencing guns.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Future Summits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>AU chair announced that they will host two summits in May on conflict resolution and the other on implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area.<\/li><li>This year the chair is being assumed by South Africa.<\/li><li>President Cyril Ramaphosa is officiating as the chairperson of the African Union (AU). <\/li><li>The AU has announced that the Democratic Republic of the Congo would replace South Africa as AU chair in 2021.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/au.int\/en\/pressreleases\/20200205\/african-union-2020-summit-commences\">https:\/\/au.int\/en\/pressreleases\/20200205\/african-union-2020-summit-commences<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/02\/1057011\">https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/02\/1057011<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Where was African Union 2020 summit organized? (a) Libya (b) Congo (c) Addis Ababa (d) Brazzaville Answer: (c) Related facts: The annual African Union Summit was organized in Addis Ababa, Capital of Ethiopia. This 33rd general summit that began on 21st January lasted till 10th February 2020. The African Union\u2019s theme for the year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":91591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[494],"class_list":["post-91590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-intne","tag-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}