USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Dlamini-Zuma scoops AU job

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On Jul 16, 5:51 am, MsJoe2...@aol.com wrote:
> Dlamini-Zuma scoops AU job
> July 15 2012 at 10:35pm
> _Comment  on this story_
> (http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/dlamini-zuma-scoops-au-job-1.1341565...)
> ____________________________________
>
>     *   _DA  congratulates Dlamini-Zuma_
> (http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/da-congratulates-dlamini-zuma-1.13...)
> South African diplomat and doctor Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma  was elected on
> Sunday to become the first female head of the African Union  Commission,
> ending a bruising leadership battle that had threatened to divide  the
> organisation.
> Dlamini-Zuma, South Africa's home affairs minister and an  ex-wife of
> President Jacob Zuma, defeated incumbent Jean Ping of Gabon, who had  been at the
> helm of the Commission, the AU's steering body, since 2008.
> Dlamini-Zuma, a 63-year-old who has previously served as  minister of
> health and foreign affairs, had to undergo three voting rounds  before Ping, 69,
> was finally eliminated.
> A final confidence vote of 37 in favour gave her the 60  percent majority
> she needed to be elected.
> The contest to head the Commission of the 54-member AU  had been deadlocked
> since last year. It pitted French-speaking states, largely  backing Ping,
> against mostly English-speaking countries, especially in southern  Africa,
> which gave their support to Dlamini-Zuma.
> The feverish impasse over the candidates had persisted  through a summit of
> AU heads of state held in Addis Ababa at the weekend. It  prompted the AU's
> rotating chairperson, Benin President Boni Yayi, to warn that  failure by
> the continental body to resolve the leadership deadlock would divide  it and
> undermine its credibility in the world.
> Critics say the AU showed itself hesitant and slow-moving  in its response
> to the conflicts last year in Libya and Ivory Coast, allowing  Western
> governments to take lead roles. - Reuters
>
>  (http://www.iol.co.za/newsletters)

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