Africa: Chad's Moussa Faki Mahamat to Head AU Commission

30 January 2017

It is being reported that Chad's foreign minister Moussa Faki Mahamat has been elected the new AU Commission Chairperson. He won by 28 votes to Amina Mohamed of Kenya's 25.

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