"Maria Magdalena and her four children live in a wooden hut in a small settlement on the sandy soil of the Ilha do Cabo peninsula in Angola. From here, she can see cargo ships waiting in endless lines to enter the harbor in the country's capital, Luanda. Angola is rich in raw materials, but the vast majority of the population lives in poverty."
"In Luanda, the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) are holding their seventh summit under the theme "promoting peace and prosperity through effective multilateralism." Together, they represent 82 countries with a population of almost 2 billion people. Pressure has never been this high. "As we all know, uncertainty prevails on the international stage. The established norms of international geopolitics are being challenged," Mahmoud Youssouf, the chair of the AU Commission, said ahead of the conference in a statement."
Maria Magdalena and her four children live in a wooden hut on the sandy Ilha do Cabo peninsula in Angola, watching cargo ships and Luanda's skyline while struggling to find work and feed her family. The African Union and the European Union hold their seventh summit in Luanda under the theme promoting peace and prosperity through effective multilateralism, representing 82 countries and nearly 2 billion people. Global uncertainty is rising because of Russia's war in Europe, disruptive US trade policies, and China's expanding market influence. Africa faces intensifying conflicts, jihadist extremism, and severe climate impacts like droughts that destroy livelihoods and drive dangerous migration across the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
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