United States President Barack Obama will not be meeting President Robert Mugabe on his last official visit to Africa this month despite his itinerary including a visit to the African Union (AU) headquarters.
Mugabe is the AU chairman and has made it a point to attend every high-level event involving the continental body since he landed the post in January. He also chairs SADC.
Mugabe has made over 15 trips since his return from annual leave in January. Last Thursday he travelled to Mozambique for that country’s 40th independence celebrations.
Obama is scheduled to visit Kenya and Ethiopia later this month, where he will tour the AU headquarters and meet the secretariat.
But Foreign Affairs secretary Joey Bimha told NewsDay yesterday that the government had not “received any indication” from Obama that he would want to meet Mugabe during his visit…
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