Morocco’s bid to rejoin the African Union presents leaders with a dilemma
Addis Ababa — African Union leaders grappled with Morocco’s divisive bid to rejoin the bloc at a summit on Monday and sounded an alarm for the continent over US President Donald Trump’s immigration ban. "The very country (where) our people were taken as slaves ... has now decided to ban refugees from some of our countries," outgoing AU commission chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma told 37 African heads of state and government leaders. "It is clear that globally we are entering very turbulent times," she said. The leaders have a packed agenda for the two-day meeting in the Ethiopian capital where they will also have to bridge divisions to elect a new chairman. The 54-nation bloc often struggles with competing regional interests. Issues such as Morocco’s bid to rejoin the bloc and differences on International Criminal Court membership are expected to shape the election of the AU’s top executive. The meeting is the first since Trump’s election. Anger over a ban on citizens from three African...
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