Chad's Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat Named AU Chief: Diplomats
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published January 30, 2017 | 07:45 PM
ADDIS ABABA, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th Jan, 2017 ) : Chad's foreign minister Moussa Faki Mahamat was named Monday as the new AU Commission chairman, beating four others to succeed South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, diplomats told AFP.
"The chairperson was elected in the fourth round," said former Burundian president Pierre Buyoya, adding that Mahamat won after a final round battle with Kenyan foreign minister Amina Mohamed.
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