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Mugabe leaves for Nigeria and Sudan
29 May 2015 at 06:33hrs | Views
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday left Harare to attend the inauguration of Nigerian President-elect Muhammadu Buhari in the West African country today.
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa will be the Acting President.
The President will also attend the swearing in of President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir in Sudan in his capacity as chairperson of the African Union.
Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi said the President had been invited as AU chairperson after the AU observer missions ruled the recent elections in the two countries as free and fair.
Similarly, Mumbengegwi said, President Mugabe was invited as AU chairperson to Sudan where President Omar Al-Bashir was retained in recent polls. The Sudanese president's inauguration is expected to be held on Tuesday.
Mumbengegwi said just like Nigeria, the Sudanese elections were declared free and fair by the AU observer mission.
He said President Mugabe would also engage the Sudanese President on a number of issues.
"The two trips are extremely important from the point of view of peace and stability on the continent. Where elections are held and declared free and fair we must come together and celebrate," said Mumbengegwi.
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa will be the Acting President.
The President will also attend the swearing in of President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir in Sudan in his capacity as chairperson of the African Union.
Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi said the President had been invited as AU chairperson after the AU observer missions ruled the recent elections in the two countries as free and fair.
Mumbengegwi said just like Nigeria, the Sudanese elections were declared free and fair by the AU observer mission.
He said President Mugabe would also engage the Sudanese President on a number of issues.
"The two trips are extremely important from the point of view of peace and stability on the continent. Where elections are held and declared free and fair we must come together and celebrate," said Mumbengegwi.
Source - herald
