Africa : Ghazouani marshals his AU presidency workforce

Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani didn’t actually count on his continental friends to elect him as chair of the African Union once they gathered for his or her annual summit on 17 February. The choice to nominate Mauritania had been taken only some days earlier by the heads of state of the North Africa area. Due to the rivalry between Morocco and Algeria, the North Africa area had no selection however