[Photos] African first ladies on the sidelines of the AU Summit

The Organization of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) were also present as their husbands attended the African Union (AU) Summit in the Rwandan capital, Kigali.

The OAFLA are engaged in the fight against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and against breast and cervical cancer.

The current head of the organization is First Lady of Ghana, HE Dr. Lordina Mahama even though she was absent from the summit.

Mrs Kagame and Mrs Issoufou, first ladies of Rwanda and Niger

Mrs Margaret Kenyatta, seated in the middle

Mrs Idris Deby Itno, First lady of Chad

Mrs Boubakar Keita and Mrs Hailemariam Desalegn , first ladies of Mali and Ethiopia

Mrs Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, first lady of the Republic of Congo

Mrs Azali Assoumani, First Lady of Comoros

Photo Credit: Ghana government Communications Bureau