{"id":44118,"date":"2026-08-29T17:59:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=44118"},"modified":"2026-08-29T17:59:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:59:26","slug":"au-must-move-beyond-declarations-to-stop-crises-angolan-minister","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/au-must-move-beyond-declarations-to-stop-crises-angolan-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"AU must move beyond declarations to stop crises: Angolan Minister \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>African Union (AU) member states must move away from empty political statements and focus on practical, verifiable measures to stop conflicts before they start, Angolan Minister of External Relations T\u00e9te Ant\u00f3nio warned this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Foreign Ministers in Luanda, Ant\u00f3nio declared that the credibility of continental institutions rests on their ability to deliver proactive crisis prevention rather than reacting after violence breaks out. He urged delegates to establish concrete, immediately implementable tools, backed by solid political, technical, and financial support, so no nation is left to confront instability alone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our role is unequivocal; to build solid foundations that allow our heads of state and government to set directions based on sustained and effective reforms,&#8221; Ant\u00f3nio told delegates. &#8220;This means strengthening prevention mechanisms to make them more proactive and capable of anticipating crises before they escalate, consolidating a culture of credible mediation, and prioritising effective solidarity between member states.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that ministerial proposals from this extraordinary session will directly shape the binding commitments to be taken by heads of state at the upcoming summit on strengthening peace and security mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica\/AU&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23755,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-44118","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Angolan Foreign Minister calls for verifiable measures to anticipate continental crises","published_date":"2026-08-29 17:58:20","news_description":"Angolan Foreign Minister calls for verifiable measures to anticipate continental crises","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44119,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44118\/revisions\/44119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=44118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}