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Africa: Nigeria Affirms Support for Dlamini Zuma's Candidacy
BuaNews, 24 May 2012
Nigeria has affirmed, through its Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo, its support for Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's candidature for the top post of the African… Read more »
Nigeria Backs Dlamini-Zuma's Candidacy
Nigeria has affirmed its support for South Africa to field Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for the position of African Union Commission chairperson.
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South Africa: Pretoria and Abuja, Best of 'Frenemies'
Daily Maverick, 24 May 2012
South Africa and Nigeria make a good show of playing nice. Our diplomats shake hands and smile for the cameras, our governments say all the right things, and neither country… Read more »
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Nigeria: Jacob Zuma Clears Controversies Over African Union Elections
Leadership, 18 May 2012
President Jacob Zuma of South Africa has cleared the controversies surrounding the deadlock that followed the last African Union elections, with a tie between former wife who is… Read more »
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South Africa: Country Fully Behind Dlamini Zuma's Candidature to AU Commission
BuaNews, 17 May 2012
As the July Summit of the African Union draws near, where the next chairperson for the African Union Commission will be elected, President Jacob Zuma has reiterated that South… Read more »
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Africa: South Africa Headed for AU Stalemate With Nothing Up Its Sleeve
Daily Maverick, 16 May 2012
Unless the South African government gets its head out of the sand over the next chairperson of the AU, there'll be another stalemate in Lilongwe - and our already battered… Read more »
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Africa: Race for African Union Head Heats Up
ISS, 16 May 2012
The African Union's (AU) Eight-member Ad hoc Committee of Heads of State and Government (Committee of Eight) met in Cotonou, Benin on 14 May 2012, to discuss the election of the… Read more »
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South Africa: Govt Reaffirms Support for Dlamini Zuma as AU Commission Chair
BuaNews, 15 May 2012
South Africa says it is committed to supporting its nomination of Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma as Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission. Read more »
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Africa: AU Commission Chair - African G8 Unable to Provide Way Forward
Daily Trust, 22 May 2012
When in January 2012 African Heads of State and Government failed to elect a new chairperson of the AU Commission during the 18 Ordinary Session of Assembly in Addis Ababa… Read more »
