{"id":10528,"date":"2022-02-05T19:44:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T19:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/?p=10528"},"modified":"2022-02-05T18:51:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T18:51:33","slug":"president-macky-sall-elected-chairperson-of-au","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/president-macky-sall-elected-chairperson-of-au","title":{"rendered":"President Macky Sall Elected Chairperson of AU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ethiopia. <\/strong><\/span>uary 5\/2022\/ENA\/ The heads of state and government of the African Union have elected today President Macky Sall of Senegal as the new Chairperson of the African Union for the year 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The president took over the baton of command from Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who concluded his term as the Chairperson of the African Union for the year 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The event took place during the ongoing 35th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa under the theme: \u201cBuilding Resilience in Nutrition; Accelerate the human capital and socio-economic development on the African continent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\">Ethiopia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ethiopia. uary 5\/2022\/ENA\/ The heads of state and government of the African Union have elected today President Macky Sall of Senegal as the new Chairperson of the African Union for the year 2022. 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