Ethiopia, Jan. 22 -- The 33rd AU Summit kicks off with the 39th Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee.

Under the theme 'Silencing the guns: creating conducive conditions for Africa's development', the 33rd African Union (AU) Summit opened at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with the conference of the Permanent Representatives' Committee (PRC) who were meeting at their Thirty Ninth Ordinary Session.

The opening ceremony took place in the presence of the Deputy Chairperson of the AU Commission, Amb. Kwesi Quartey, AUC Commissioners, all the Ambassadors of the 55 African Union Member States based in Addis Ababa, representatives from the diplomatic corps, the international community, civil society, media...