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The 25th African Union Summit has been underway this week in Johannesburg, and this coming weekend more than fifty African heads of state and government, under the chairmanship of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, to preside over a tough program. The president’s of the continent will meet at the Sandton Convention Centre, and from Sunday to Sunday will embark on the 25th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, to look at various issues ranging from the political crisis in Burundi, the terrorism problem on the continent and Agenda 2063.

To look at the African Union Summit we spoke to:

• Dr Justina Dugbazah is the Anglophone project manager for the Nepad Spanish Fund for African Women ‘s Empowerment

• Liesel Louw-Vaudran, consultant for the Institute for Security Studies

• Dr Abdo Lo, General Manager of Primmum Africa Consulting,