Moussa Faki Mahamat appointed as new AU head

Moussa Faki Mahamat appointed as new AU head  Chadian foreign affairs minister Moussa Faki Mahamat has been elected as the head of AU Headthe African Union Commission on January 30, 2017. He will replace Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. He defeated favourites Amina Mohamed of Kenya, Senegal’s Abdoulaye Bathily, Botswana’s foreign minister, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi and Mba Mokuy of

Equatorial Guinea (भूमध्यवर्ती गिनी).

African Union Commission:

♦ The Commission of the African Union acts as the executive branch or secretariat of the AU . It consists of a number of Commissioners dealing with different areas of policy.

♦ Headquarters: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.