AU chair contenders meet in historic debate in Addis Ababa
Five candidates competing to succeed the outgoing African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson, Nkosazana
This is the first of its kind in the Union’s history that a debate has been organized ahead of voting for the AUC Chair. Ordinarily, Heads of State vote to choose chairpersons during a summit.
The event will be streamed LIVE on some news channels, it will also be available online. The AU is asking people to send
The candidates in the running are as follows:
Botswana’s Foreign Minister Pelonomi Venson-
Chad’s Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat
Equatorial Guinea’s Foreign Minister Agapito Mba Mokuy
Kenya’s Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed.
Senegal’s Abdoulaye Bathily, UN special envoy for Central Africa.
The new elections will be held during the 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government from January 30 to 31 at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
AU chair contenders meet in historic debate in Addis Ababa
The debate is scheduled for 19:30 EAT (16:30 GMT) at the AU's headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, an AU statement released on Thursday confirmed.