President Mnangagwa left the country yesterday for
Mauritania, where he is set to join other African Heads of State and Government
for the 31st Ordinary Session of the African Union Summit.
The summit kicked off yesterday with a high-level meeting
of the executive council at the Conference Centre Nouakchott.
It is the first time that the Islamic State of Mauritania,
which is located in the Maghreb region, is hosting the continental as- sembly.
President Mnangagwa, who is also the Head of State and
Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, is
accompanied by senior Government officials.
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is the Acting
President.
Themed “Winning the Fight Against Corruption: A Sustainable
Path to Africa’s Transformation”, the summit dovetailed with the thrust of
President Mnangagwa’s new dispensation that declared zero tolerance on corrup-
tion.
Apart from corruption, the Mauritanian convocation will
focus on peace, security, the humanitarian situation on the continent, the
Continental Free Trade Area and the African Common Position on the Future of
African Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) and the European Union.
In an interview yesterday, Foreign Affairs and
International Trade Secretary Ambassador Joey Bimha described the summit as a
high-level meeting that spoke to the new dispensation’s objective of
eradicating corruption as Government sets focus on transforming the country
into a middle income economy by 2030. Herald
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