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African Union fails to elect new commission head
By LUC VAN KEMENADE
The Associated Press
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — An African Union official says African leaders
gathered in Ethiopia have failed to elect a new chairman of the AU
Commission.
An AU official said Monday that Gabon's Jean Ping, who was running for a
second term as chairman, did not reach the required two-thirds majority to
win another term. The official spoke on condition he was not identified
because the voting results had not yet been made public.
Ping's main challenger — Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, a former wife of South
African President Jacob Zuma — withdrew from the election after losing
three rounds.
The AU Commission's deputy chair, Erastus Mwencha, will take over from Ping
until the next AU summit in about six months, when African leaders will
vote again.
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January 30, 2012 06:26 AM EST
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