The announcement on the eve of the 17-18 February African Union summit by Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Amolo Odinga that he wants to take over from Chad's Moussa Faki Mahamat as chair of the AU Commission next year has prompted a rare outbreak of consensus among politicians in Nairobi...

' African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat meanwhile has called on Senegal's government to hold the election 'in transparency peace and national harmony...

African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina Kenyan President William Ruto and African Union Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat have called for a pause in African debt repayments to help states to invest in climate mitigation and adaptation projects...

The AU Commission Chairman currently Chad's Moussa Faki Mahamat is elected for a four-year term but his powers are heavily constrained focusing on running the HQ in Addis Ababa...

'Africa must play a bigger role in international relations a role that does justice to the continent and its growing population ' said Scholz at a joint news conference after meeting African Union Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat in Addis Ababa...

In the letter AUC chair Moussa Faki Mahamat expressed his gratitude for Odinga's acceptance to serve in the role which he 'during the transition period which has now come to a happy conclusion'...

'Africa should be a big stage for international cooperation not an arena for major countries' competition' said Qin at a joint press conference with African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat at the new headquarters of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Addis Ababa financed by China...