The veteran Zimbabwean leader left Harare on Saturday and would join other
African heads of state and government for the AU summit which opens in Addis
Ababa on Sunday.
This would be the first time in recent years that Mugabe attends the AU
summit with his country’s political crisis not topping the agenda.
This follows last Friday’s decision by the main opposition Movement for
Democratic Change (MDC) to join a unity government to be headed by Mugabe.
The MDC had previously refused to enter into a coalition government with
Mugabe as head of state, insisting on greater control of key ministries.
It finally agreed apparently following pressure from an emergency summit of
the Southern African Development Community held last Monday in South Africa.