Mahamt beat off four other candidates, three of them. like himself were foreign ministers of their countries.

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Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma breathes a sigh of relief that she’s able to come to tend to domestic political priorities.

She’s the ANC Women’s League candidate to succeed her former husband Jacob Zuma as president of the ruling party – a position that is virtually guaranteed to make her South Africa’s next president.

African leaders have not indicated why they favoured Moussa Faki Mahamat over Senegal’s Bathily Abdoulaye and the foreign ministers of Botswana, Equatorial Guinea and Kenya.

He has his work cut out leading the day to day activities of the continental organization where the presidents have the final say.

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Morocco insists on maintaining its illegal occupation of the Western Sahara, which is an AU member. Joining under these circumstances threatens to split the body as it did its predecessor the OAU.

Morocco’s aspiration to join the African Union will colour the election tomorrow of an AU Commission head to replace Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.

Because Senegal has supported  Morocco since its stormed out of the Organisation of African Unity 32 years ago because  the Western Sahara was given membership, the kingdom’s supporters are backing  Senegal’s Bathily Abdoulaye.

Three African powers -South Africa, Nigeria and Algeria – head the group insisting that Morocco can only join the AU if it abides by its anti-colonialist constitution – which would mean ending its occupation of Western Sahara.

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