Africa: AU Fights to Justify Firing Envoy to Washington

19 November 2019

The African Union now says it fired its envoy to the US for spending money on non-AU projects as well as appointing diplomats irregularly.

But the claims of abuse of office came to the fore on Monday night as it emerged the bloc audited Dr Arikana Chihombori-Quao's work weeks after she was shown the door on October 7.

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