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AU Leaders Fail to Choose Top Official
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AU Leaders Fail to Choose Top Official
AU Leaders Fail to Choose Top Official
VOA News
An African Union summit on Monday failed in its efforts to elect the head of the organization's important commission, the union's executive arm and public face.
The contest was between the incumbent, Jean Ping of Gabon, and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, South Africa's former foreign minister and the ex-wife of South African President Jacob Zuma.
Both candidates failed to gather the necessary two-thirds majority. Ping's name was alone on the fourth and final ballot, but 20 abstentions kept him from getting the votes needed to retain his post. Diplomats say the abstentions were a vote of no-confidence in what many see as his failed leadership during this year's crises in Libya and Ivory Coast.
The AU Commission's deputy chief, Kenya's Erastus Mwencha, will serve as chairman until the organization's next summit in Malawi in June. The AU commission deals with matters of trade and security, and makes policy decisions.
This deadlock, which occurred on the summit's final day, is an indication of the split between the African continent's French-speaking nations in the north and a southern bloc led by South Africa and where English is more commonly heard.
The dispute over oil revenue between Sudan and newly independent South Sudan, along with the crisis in war-torn Somalia, were major agenda issues at the two-day summit in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. It began one day after the dedication of the new AU headquarters funded by a $200 million grant from the Chinese government.
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The name given to the government in the book 1984, by George Orwell. 'BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU'
1) "Seven thirty-five PM - the housemates are in the living room" wow, how exciting......not
Its time for the rest of Ethiopians to enjoy the peace and stability in the graveyard of the dergue and its sympathisers. This is the new Ethiopia, a new era which has led us to the dream of african rennaiscance.
Thanks Ethiopia and China, we have become proud of our african and ethiopian heritage, those who are crying can now cry as loud as they can, they can cry as long as they can, afterall Ethiopia is a democracy and every one has the right to exercise his/her right.
welldone EPRDF
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