There Is Hope in Africa - United Nations says

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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that there has been a "quantum leap" in relations between the world body and the African Union and he hopes this can translate into progress on some of the continent's biggest challenges.

"I am totally committed to the cooperation between the African Union and the United Nations," Guterres told VOA in an interview at U.N. headquarters Tuesday before he heads to Addis Ababa for this weekend's AU summit. "We are working more and more together in addressing a number of situations in Africa."

He pointed to Tuesday's breakthrough on the Central African Republic — the government and 14 armed groups initialed a deal to end five years of fighting during peace talks in Sudan.

"It was led by the African Union with full support of the U.N.," Guterres said.

The U.N. has more than 13,000 peacekeepers in the country, which has been wracked by intercommunal and religious fighting since 2013.