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AFRICAN UNION ELECTS A NEW CHAIRPERSON

AFRICAN UNION ELECTS A NEW CHAIRPERSON
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Ekeomah Atuonwu

The president of Senegal, Macky Sall, has been elected as the new Chairperson of the African Union (AU).

The event occurred at the just concluded thirty-fifth (35th) Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union at its Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Macky Sall takes over from H.E. Felix- Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, who has concluded his one-year tenure as the Chairperson of the African Union.

In his speech, the newly appointed Chairperson presented peace as the goal of his one-year term.

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