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Africa faces multiple crises: African Union chief

STORY: Africa faces multiple crises: African Union chief DATELINE: Oct. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: Dakar CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of African Union (AU) Chairperson and Senegalese president Macky Sall delivering a speech 2. various of the opening ceremony of the 8th edition of the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa 3. various of the forum STORYLINE: Africa is confronted with multiple crises related to terrorism, internal conflicts, climate and health, the African Union (AU) Chairperson and Senegalese President Macky Sall said in Dakar on Monday. "We must admit that the picture is not bright," Sall acknowledged at the opening ceremony of the 8th edition of the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa, held in Dakar with the theme "Africa in the face of exogenous shocks: challenges of stability and sovereignty." "The African continent has now become one of the epicenters of terrorism," he noted, stressing that terrorism on the continent is not

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