2021-02-26 17:30:59 GMT2021-02-27 01:30:59(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- A senior African Union (AU) Commission official on Friday called for strengthening the strategic and multilateral partnerships to comprehensively address Africa's drug problem exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The urgent call was made by the AU Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, Amira Elfadil, during a high-level event held virtually to launch an ambitious strategic plan that envisaged tackling the impact of drugs, crime, corruption and terrorism on the continent over the next decade by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).