Nana Addo arrives in Addis Ababa for 29th AU Summit

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to attend the 29th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Heads of State.

The theme for the summit is ” harnessing the Demographic Dividend through investments in youth”.

African leaders during this days of discussions are going to identify specific roadmap to arrest and deal with all the major challenges confronting the youth of the continent.

Some other major issues to be discussed and agreed on include: institutional reforms of the African Union, A roadmap 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 received at the Bole international airport in Addis Ababa by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchway and embassy officials in Addis Ababa.