African leaders were urged Saturday to step up and tackle the myriad conflicts and political crises blighting the continent of 1.4 billion people. Opening the African Union’s two-day summit, AU Commission chief Moussa Faki Mahamat painted a “bleak picture” with a “litany of difficulties” confronting many countries. Faki blasted a failure to counter multiple “unconstitutional … Continue reading ‘Bleak picture’: AU leaders urged to tackle litany of crises