Summit Focuses on Refugees

African leaders have gathered in the Ugandan capital of Kampala for a two-day summit aimed at agreeing on a treaty on improving the plight of the continent's 17 million refugees and displaced.

The Convention on the Protection and Assistance of the Displaced People in Africa is the first of its kind aimed at internally displaced people, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

According to the Ugandan Minister for Refugees, Tarsis Kabwegyere, points out that, "The summit is aimed at pursuing durable solutions to the root causes and challenges of Africa's 17 million IDPs and refugees."

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