President Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Sunday, July 2, 2017, to attend the 29th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, which is being held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The meeting of the Heads of State took place yesterday, July 3, 2017, and it is expected to end today, July 4, 2017.
The event is on the e theme: “Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investment in the Youth.”
Issues to be discussed and agreed on include: institutional reforms of the AU; road-map of practical steps to silence guns in Africa by 2020; the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA); and the implementation of Agenda 2063 – “The strategic framework for the socio-economic transformation of the continent over the next 50 years.”
The president was accompanied by the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, and officials of the presidency and the foreign ministry.
The president and his entourage are expected back home today, Tuesday, July 4, 2017.
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