It is up to Africa to help Kenya resolve a dispute over elections that has sparked spiralling violence, the African Union chief said as the continent’s leaders converged in Ethiopia for a summit.

LEADERS of the African Union (AU) began mapping out plans to forge a closer federation of states at a summit in Ghana yesterday, acknowledging that the continent’s current system of governance had to improve.

Lasers lit the sky and an actor relived the emotional moment 50 years ago when independence leader Kwame Nkrumah declared Ghana “free forever” to kick off celebrations today in the first sub-Saharan African nation to break from Europe.