The ongoing conflicts in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo are expected to overshadow deliberations by African leaders this weekend when they gather in Addis Ababa for the 38thAfrican Union Summit.

"For us to achieve our [sustainability] targets of 2063, we need to sort out all our troubles and make Africa a better place free of conflicts," Tete Antonio, Angola's foreign minister, told reporters at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa.

The civil war in Sudan has been plaguing much of the continent for almost two years, with the Sudanese military government pitted against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

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The conflict has created the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, according to the AU, with an estimated 12 million people displaced, and hundreds of thousands of children now sufferring malnourishment as a result of the war, according to the AU as well as the UN

While the Sudanese army controls the east and the north of the country, the RSF has made gains across most of the Darfur region, which already is in a dire state after the civil war ended there five years ago, which cost 300,000 lives, according to UN estimates.

"We must stop the war in Sudan because it affects us all. Currently, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt, Chad are all hosting thousands of refugees. A war in Sudan is also a war in the Horn of Africa," Bankole........

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