Buhari Wants Bloodshed in Africa Stopped

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, said on Sunday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, that the African Union (AU) must ensure that there is an end to bloodshed and violence in Africa. Addressing the 26th AU Summit, Buhari condemned the use of scarce resources in Africa on armed conflicts, rather than on economic and social development of the continent. President Buhari said; “We have all shed blood for Africa to be free, but the irony is that, today, we are now killing each other. Rather than facing the developmental challenges confronting us, we are spending our scarce resources killing our children and inflicting unspeakable horrors and unimaginable hardship on our brothers and sisters. “That is truly a tragedy and it must stop. Enough is Enough! Within the framework of the African Union, we have to, as a matter of urgency, reach a consensus on how to silence the guns. Not by 2020, but now. Why must we wait? We must say no to wars and conflicts on our continent. “We in Nigeria have always been attached to the idea of African unity. During the struggle to win freedom for our brothers and sisters in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, Nigeria was considered a front-line state, although we were not geographically on the Frontline.