By Own Correspondent- President Emmerson Mnangagwa this afternoon left for Addis Ababa in Ethiopia where he is set to attend the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.

Mnangagwa was seen off at the Robert Mugabe International Airport by senior government officials.

This year’s theme at the summit is “The year of refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons: Towards durable solutions to forced displacement in Africa.”

Zimbabwe is home to over 11000 registered refugees and asylum seekers. They comprise Congolese, Mozambicans, Rwandese, Burundians, Ethiopians, Malians, Ugandans and Somalis.

Besides the refugees and the internally displaced, the summit will appoint a new AU chair, who will succeed President Paul Kagame of Rwanda.

Vice President Kembo Mohadi is the acting President