Nine African heads of state, senior officials of pan-African and international organizations attended the opening of a high-level summit on drought and land restoration on Monday.
The summit, an initiative of Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, was held on the sidelines of the fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, which is being held in Abidjan from May 9 to 20.,