Chad’s Moussa Beats Kenya’s Amina To Become New African Union Commission Chairman

Chad's foreign minister Moussa Faki has been elected chairman of the African Union (AU) commission, succeeding South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

Mr Faki's main challenger in the last round of voting at the AU summit in Ethiopia was Kenya's foreign minister Amina Mohamed, Reuters added.

Other contestants were Senegalese Abdoulaye Bathily, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi, a veteran politician from Botswana and Mba Mokuy, a senior adviser to Equatorial Guinea's President in a tight race held as part of the ongoing AU summit.

Ghana’s Ambassador Kwesi Quartey also becomes the incoming Deputy Chairperson of the AU Commission.