President Kufuor leaves Dakar for Maputo

Dakar, July 8, GNA - President John Agyekum Kufuor would leave Dakar, Senegal on Tuesday evening for Maputo, Mozambique to attend the second Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) scheduled for Wednesday, July 9 to July 12.

The meeting would elect a Chairperson for the AU Commission; discuss conflict resolution in Africa, especially, Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia and the transitional arrangement in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It would also discuss the draft protocol on African Court of Justice and the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) as vital to African development.

Mr Joseph Henry Mensah, Senior Minister, Papa Owusu Ankomah, Minister of Justice and Attorney General and Lieutenant-General Seth Obeng, Chief of Defence Staff are accompanying President Kufuor.

Dakar, July 8, GNA - President John Agyekum Kufuor would leave Dakar, Senegal on Tuesday evening for Maputo, Mozambique to attend the second Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) scheduled for Wednesday, July 9 to July 12.

The meeting would elect a Chairperson for the AU Commission; discuss conflict resolution in Africa, especially, Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia and the transitional arrangement in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It would also discuss the draft protocol on African Court of Justice and the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) as vital to African development.

Mr Joseph Henry Mensah, Senior Minister, Papa Owusu Ankomah, Minister of Justice and Attorney General and Lieutenant-General Seth Obeng, Chief of Defence Staff are accompanying President Kufuor.