Pretoria - Africa needs peace and development, President Jacob Zuma's wife Nompumelelo Zuma said on Friday.
“As the African First Ladies for Peace, we want to contribute in our own small way, to supporting the work of heads of State and government in the continent to promote peace,” she said at the reception of the Executive Bureau of the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM), in Pretoria.
“We want to play a role in the peace processes, paying attention among others to the needs of refugees, women and children.
“War displaces people. Many people have left their countries and have become refugees. We want to play our role in promoting that the refugees be treated with dignity and respect.”
She said women and children suffer most in these situations, both during the war and after the war.
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