In a strongly worded letter dated 3 March to AU Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat Rwanda's Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta wrote that he had learned 'with great concern' that one of the objectives of its Peace and Security Council (PSC) meeting on 4 March was to endorse the deployment of the 2 900-strong Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission led by South Africa and known as SAMIDRC to eastern Congo-K...
Vol 65 No 5 |
- AFRICAN UNION
'Never has the AU seen such a number of unconstitutional changes of governments in Africa ' said Moussa Faki Mahamat the Chadian chair of the AU Commission the bloc's civil service arm in his opening speech...
Vol 65 No 5 |
- AFRICAN UNION
The race to succeed Moussa Faki Mahamat as chair of the African Union Commission (AUC) in February 2025 already has two contenders Tanzania's former president Jakaya Kikwete and Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga...
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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...
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' African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat meanwhile has called on Senegal's government to hold the election 'in transparency peace and national harmony...
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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...
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Vol 64 No 20 |
- GUINEA BISSAU
She is also Embaló's choice for head of the African Union Commission after the end of incumbent Moussa Faki Mahamat's term...
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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...
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The AU has also been heavily criticised especially the Chairman Commission Chad's former foreign minister Moussa Faki Mahamat and its Special Envoy to Sudan Mohamed el Hacen Lebatt who uncritically endorsed the military and often ignored civilian groups...
Moussa Faki Mahamat the AU Commission chairman was asking the same question on the fringes of Mo Ibrahim's governance weekend on 28-30 April in Nairobi at which he and Sudan's ousted prime minister Abdalla Hamdok were star speakers...
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'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...
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