Accra (Greater Accra) -- Vice President Aliu Mahama left Accra on Wednesday for Yaounde, Cameroon, to attend the Franco-African Summit, which opened on Thursday.

The Vice President joined Abdulaye Wade, the Senegalese President, who made a brief stopover in Accra on his way to the Summit.

Mr Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, Foreign Minister-designate, and some officials of the foreign affairs ministry will join Alhaji Mahama in Yaounde.