Focus: President Cyril Ramaphosa attended the African Union’s 38th ordinary session of heads of state and government where he said that he is very happy with the outcomes of voting. The AU has a new chairperson, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf who is Djibouti’s Foreign Affairs Minister. The summit comes at a time where the continent is facing conflict in the DRC and Sudan while Mozambique is still trying to settle a disputed election result that pit the country in turmoil. Criticism against the AU has always been around it's ineffectiveness of taking action against some of
its members. There has also been calls for unity among the leaders. Let's use this opportunity now to look at the continental body and its effectiveness over the years, also under the new leadership, what new changes should they bring to strengthen itself? To help us navigate this conversation, we are joined by…
Guest: Dr Adem Abebe is an expert in governance, comparative constitutional design, and human rights and democratisation in Africa, and is a lecturer at the University of Pretoria 
Guest: Allan Ngari - Advocacy Director for Africa at Human Rights Watch
Guest: Borges Nhamirre – Research Consultant at the Institute for Security Studies (WILL JOIN AT 10:30)

Guest: Dr Check Achu - Chief Research Specialist and Director of Research at the Human Sciences Research Council (Gettingclearance from his media team)