President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday traveled to Lome, Togo for an African Union extraordinary summit.

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The summit will be used to discuss maritime security and safety and development in Africa.

The Lome conference will used to make maritime space a key factor in propelling the African economy.

Additionally, the summit was organized in order to put in place an African strategy for the protection of its seas and oceans, to provide peace, security, and stability, and to make African maritime space the key driver for sustainable economic development.

Togo’s AU special summit will build on the results of the summits held in Yaoundé (June 2013) and the Seychelles (February 2015)