5th European Union-African Union Summit took place in Abidjan on 29 and 30 November 2017.

[1] Cote d’Ivoire was selected as a host country of the summit at the 2016 African Union summit held in Kigali, Rwanda.

[2] Participants from Africa and Europe discussed common priorities in four strategic areas of economic opportunities for youth, peace and security, mobility and migration and cooperation on governance.

[3] More than 80 heads of state and government as well as about 5,000 other participants attended the summit.

[4] Side events of the summit included the 4th Africa-Europe youth summit, the 6th EU-Africa business forum and the Africa-EU civil society forum.