They’ve taken only one official each into their retreat at the Sandton Convention Centre so that deliberations can be kept as private as possible.

So concerned are African foreign ministers about the confidentiality of their meeting that the media, invited to cover opening remarks, was unceremoniously booted out without so much as a soundbite.

They start their formal meeting tomorrow which will presumably be kicked off with a little fanfare.

But for today they have to decide which of the tricky issues raised by their ambassadors to the African Union in two days of meetings in Pretoria they dare put on the agenda for their heads of state and government at the summit on Sunday.

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