This morning NewsDay ran a story about President Robert Mugabe not expected to be among the African leaders who were scheduled to meet visiting United States President Barack Obama at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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The story sparked reactions from readers.
The Online team curated some of these reactions, from our social media platforms, Twitter and Facebook, as well as the Website comments section.
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President Mugabe’s spokesperson, George Charamba, had said Mugabe was unmoved by Obama’s visit to the AU headquarters, describing the event as just “a visit by any other visitor”.
Charamba said when it was said Obama would address the 54-member bloc, Zimbabwe did not represent his audience.
Political analyst Charles Mangongera made a note on the strained relations between Harare and Washington, saying these could have influenced the absence of Mugabe as AU chairman to meet Obama in Ethiopia.