Akufo-Addo leaves Ghana for AU meeting in Ethiopia

President Akufo-Addo will leave the country Saturday, January 28, for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to attend the Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU).

The meeting of heads of states will take place from 30th to 31st January under the theme, “Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through investments in the Youth.” The summit will also elect a new chairperson of the African Union Commission.

Prior to the commencement of the ordinary session of the assembly on Monday, a retreat for the heads of States will be held on Sunday, January 29, immediately after a breakfast meeting with the new secretary general of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres.

President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to return home on Wednesday, February 1, 2017.

This will be Nana Addo’s second trip outside Ghana after his inauguration as President.

Few days after his inauguration, President Akufo-Addo left Ghana in his first official international assignment to attend the 27^th African-France Summit held in Bamako, Mali.