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[Photos] Rwanda rolls out red carpet for African leaders arriving for AU Summit

[Photos] Rwanda rolls out red carpet for African leaders arriving for AU Summit

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The twenty seventh (27th) Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) is set to take place between Sunday 17 and Monday 18 July 2016.

Leaders from across the continent are streaming into the Rwandan capital, Kigali; and as expected the red carpet has been out since Friday for the arrivals as host president Paul Kagame and H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, outgoing Chairperson of the AU; sit to discuss critical issues concerning the continent.

Among others President Mugabe of Zimbabwe, John Dramani Mahama of Ghana, Idris Deby Itno of Chad, Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta, President Filipe Myusi of Mozambique, Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni and Ivory Coast’s Allasane Ouattara.

AU Nguema Eq GuineaEquatorial Guinea president Teodoro Obiang Nguema

AU Zuma SAPresident Jacob Zuma of South Africa

AU CAR TouaderaCentral Africa Republic’s Faustin Archange Touadera

AU Sirleaf LiberiaLiberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

AU Ghana JDMGhana’s President John Dramani Mahama

AU Mugabe ZimbabwePresident Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe

AU Namibia GeingobPresident Hage Geingob of Namibia

AU Deby ChadChadian President Idris Deby Itno

AU Kenya KenyattaPresident Uhuru Kenyatta and his wife arrive for the summit

AU Issoufou NigerPresident Mahamadou Issoufo Niger

AU Keita MaliPresident Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta of #Mali

AU Senegal SallPresident Macky Sall of Senegal

AU Uganda MuseveniPresident Yoweri Museveni of Uganda

AU Somalia MahmoudSomalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud

AU Libya VeepVice President Mossa Elkony of Libya

AU Egypt Al SisiPresident Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt

AU Algeria PMAlgeria Prime Minister Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal

AU Ouattara Ivory CoastPresident Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire

AU Nigeria OsinbajoProf Yemi Osinbajo, vice president of Nigeria represents President Buhari

AU Ethiopia HabreEthiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn

AU Burkina KaboreBurkina Faso Roch Marc Kabore

Also in attendance will be H.E. Mr. Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson of the AU Commissioner and the eight AU Commissioners.

Africa Passport Launch and election of new AU Chair

During the Summit, the African Union (AU) is expected to launch the AU passport, a flagship project of Africa’s Agenda 2063 with the view to facilitate free movement of persons, goods and services around the continent.

The move is primarily to foster intra-Africa trade, integration and socio-economic development.

A new chairperson will also be elected against the backdrop that the incumbent Dr. Dlamini Zuma has earlier disclosed that she would not be seeking a second term in office. It is believed that she would be returning to play a role in South African politics.