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The President’s Digest May 2020 Surmounting CV-19 Challenge

Uhuru urged African countries to collaborate

more in fight against Covid-19

A jovial President Kenyatta during the virtual teleconferencing session with the other African Heads of State on the ways
and means of containing the spread of the coronavirus in the African continent.

Economic Communities (RECs) as enablers of effec- person Cyril Ramaphosa for organising the meeting of
tive monitoring and implementation of continental re- the bureau of the assembly in a span of one month
sponse to Covid-19, saying enhanced cross-border with the objective of unifying the continent in the fight
communication will help slow down the spread of the against the global novel Coronavirus pandemic.
virus.
Other leaders who participated in the meeting included
―I just think that if we were to defeat this enemy, we Presidents Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (Egypt), Paul Kagame
need to really be able to ensure that through our RECs (Rwanda), Idriss Deby (Chad), Andry Rajoelina
we are able to communicate, to work together, to be (Madagascar), Felix Tshisekedi (DRC), Ali Bongo
able to deal with cross-border issues because unless Ondimba (Gabon), Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (Mali) and
we fight together, we will lose together,‖ he said. the Chairperson of the African Union Commission
Moussa Faki Mahamat
President Kenyatta thanked the African Union Chair-

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