Akufo-Addo attends 29th AU Summit
President Akufo-Addo left Ghana 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 will take place from July 3 to July
4, 2017, under the 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”.
He 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.
He and his delegation will return home on Tuesday, July 4, 2017.
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