Africa: Delegates Thrash Out Final Details Ahead of AU summit

African delegates are gathered in Ethiopia behind closed doors thrashing out various reports ahead of the African Union Summit that is scheduled for 30 June to 8 July. They are busy adding final details to reports including one on the Pan African Parliament (PAP) budget as well as experts' report on the relations between the AU Commission and regional economic communities. On the summit sidelines, women activists and lobby groups are finalising their action plan to chart the way for their involvement in AU structures especially in conflict resolution and management, poverty, HIV and AIDS as well as women rights programmes.