Akufo-Addo in Rwanda for AU Summit

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Tuesday, 20 March 2018, to lead the Ghanaian delegation to the Extraordinary Summit of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, which will be held in Kigali, Rwanda, on 21 March, 2018.

The Extraordinary Summit will witness the signing of an agreement that will launch the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), intended to make Africa “the largest free trade area created since the formation of the World Trade Organisation.”

He was accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, MP; Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen; and officials of the Presidency and the Foreign Ministry.

The President will return to Ghana on Wednesday, 21 March, 2018, and in his absence, the Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, shall, in accordance with Article 60(8) of the Constitution, act in his stead.