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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to be elected African Union chief after a recent poll deadlock. The Southern African Development Community reiterated its support for South Africa's home affairs minister at a two-day meeting in Cape Town called to plot the bloc's...
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However, the summit served to remind the outside world of the AU’s reliance on foreign funding and on its propensity for squabbling as Cameroon’s Jean Ping and South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma fought each other to a draw over the leadership of the...
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(L-R) FIFA's president Sappe Blatter, Equatorial Guinea's President Theodoro Obiang, Gabon's President Ali Bongo, and Confederation of African Football's (CAF) president Issa Ayatou, Benin's President Thomas Yayi Boni and African Union Chairman Jean Ping... View Photo »
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It’s up to the Libyan people. The question of who is going to lead Libya is their own matter, but they will certainly face the problem of maintaining peace, stability, and reconciliation inside the country
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Southern African Development Community (SADC) has once again rallied behind South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma to contest the position of African Union Commission chairperson. Dlamini Zuma, a seasoned diplomat, recently faced...
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The case of Libya is always going to determine how African diplomacy and bilateralism and multilateralism will be shaped. Then there was the ill-fated election of the chairperson of the AU Commission, which pitted incumbent, Jean Ping from Gabon, and...
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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) reiterated its support for the ex-foreign minister in a two-day meeting called to plot the strategy for new elections after she failed to unseat Gabon’s Jean Ping as AU commission chair. “SADC remains...
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Chairman of the Commission of the African Union Jean Ping (L) speaks as Confederation of African Football (CAN) President Issa Hayatou listens during a press conference dedicated to the giving of a $200,000 check by CAF to the African Union for their campaign... View Photo »
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Southern African Development Community reiterated its support for South Africa's home affairs minister at a two-day meeting in Cape Town called to plot the bloc's strategy after she failed to unseat Gabon's Jean Ping as chairman of the AU Commission...
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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) reiterated its support for the ex-foreign minister in a two-day meeting called to plot the strategy for new elections after she failed to unseat Gabon's Jean Ping as AU commission chair. "SADC remains...
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Jean Ping (born November 24, 1942) is a Gabonese diplomat and politician who is currently the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union. He was previously the Foreign Minister of Gabon from 1999 to 2008. Full Article
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Chairman of the Commission of the African Union Jean Ping (L) speaks during a press conference dedicated to the giving of a $200,000 check by CAF to the African Union for their campaign against famine and hunger in Africa, in Libreville, on February 11, 2012.
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President of African Union Commission Jean Ping (L) speaks as CAF President Issa Hayatou listens during the presentation of a cheque of 200,000 USD to African Union by CAF for the campaign against famine and hunger in Africa in Libreville, Gabon on February 11, 2012.
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President of the Confederation of African Football Issa Hayatou (R) presents a cheque of 200,000 USD to President of African Union Commission Jean Ping (2L) for the campaign against famine and hunger in Africa while Football Ambassador Rabah Madjer looks during a joint press conference between...
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(L-R) FIFA's president Sappe Blatter, Equatorial Guinea's President Theodoro Obiang, Gabon's President Ali Bongo, and Confederation of African Football's (CAF) president Issa Ayatou, Benin's President Thomas Yayi Boni and African Union Chairman Jean Ping stand on the pitch before the Africa...
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President of the Confederation of African Football Issa Hayatou (2R) presents a cheque of 200,000 USD to the President of African Union Commission Jean Ping for the campaign against famine and hunger in Africa while Secretary General of CAF Hicham El Amrani (R) and football Ambassador Rabah...
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President of Confederation of African Football Issa Hayatou (R) presents a cheque of 200,000 USD to the President of African Union Commission Jean Ping for the fight against famine and hunger in Africa during a joint press conference between the two bodies in Libreville, Gabon on February...
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Newly elected African Union (AU) Chairman, Benin's President Boni Yayi (R), speaks on January 31, 2012 after the AU extended the mandate of its commission chief Jean Ping (L) following his re-election in Addis Ababa. Yayi announced at the end of a two-day summit in Addis Ababa that the...
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Jean Ping (L), African Union Commission chairman, confers with newly elected AU Chairman, President of Benin, Boni Yayi in theearly morning hours of January 31, 2012 in Addias Ababa following an extension of mandate for Ping after his re-election, in which he was challenged by South...
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African Union Commission Chairman Jean Ping (L) and Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi, newly elected African Union president, talk shortly after the closing ceremony of the 18th African Union (AU) summit in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa January 31, 2012.
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Newly elected chairman of the African Union and Benin's former President Boni Yayi addresses a press conference at the African Union headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Janury 30, 2012, as South Africa's former Home Affairs Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, sought to...
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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (L] greets African Union Commission Chairman, Jean Ping before the official opening of the African Union, AU, Summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on January 29, 2012. Crises across the continent overshadowed the African Union's summit...
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Jia Qinglin [5-L], chairman of China's political advisory body, the People's Political Consultative Conference hands over the symbolic key to the newly inaugurated high-rise African Union, (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, built and donated by China at a cost of 200 million USD to the...
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Some Africa Heads of State and other dignitaries pose for a photo during the inauguration of a high-rise African Union headquarters , built and donated by China at a cost of $200 million including [L-R] Malawi's Mbingu wa Mutharika, AU, Commission Chairman, Jean Ping [7-L], Chairman...
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Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Jean Ping (2nd L), speaks during a meeting of African economic blocs on January 25, 2012, at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa. Ping, 69, has been chair of the AU since 2008. He will face a single opponent in January 30 elections by...
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In this photo taken on September 9, 2008 South Africa Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma walks in Tunis. Jean Ping, the outgoing chairman of the African Union Commission, has found the past 12 months on the continent taxing, even for a diplomat of his experience. Ping, 69, has been...
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In this picture taken on June 1, 2011 the Chairman of the African Union Commission Jean Ping gives a press conference following the third Africa-European Union Summit at the EU Headquarters in Brussels. Jean Ping, the outgoing chairman of the African Union Commission, has found the past...
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African Union (AU) Commission Chairman Jean Ping is congratulated on January 31, 2012 in Addis Ababa following an extension of his mandate after his re-election. Bloc chairman, Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi, announced at the end of a two-day summit in Addis Ababa that the AU had...
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Libyan Foreign Minister Ashur bin Khayyal (R) meets with AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping (L) upon his arrival at Tripoli International Airport on January 16, 2012.
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Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh (R) leaves at the end of the second day of the African Union (AU) summit held at the AU headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on January 30, 2012, as South Africa President Jacob Zuma (L) stands in the background. Meanwhile South Africa's...
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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (R) arrives at the African Union headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on January 30, 2012. Meanwhile South Africa's former foreign Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, sought to unseat Gabon's Jean Ping in elections for the chair...
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Zambia's President Michael Sata (C) arrives at the African Union headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on January 30, 2012. Meanwhile South Africa's former foreign Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, sought to unseat Gabon's Jean Ping in elections for the chair of the...
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Outgoing African Union Chairman Teodoro Obiang Nguema (C) arrives at the African Union headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Janury 30, 2012. Meanwhile South Africa's former foreign Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, sought to unseat Gabon's Jean Ping in elections for...
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Gabon's foreign Minister Jean Ping arrives on September 1, 2011 at the Elysee Palace in Paris, prior to a summit on the post-Kadhafii. France hosts a 'Friends of Libya' conference to allow states that stood by during the uprising that ousted Moamer Kadhafi to belatedly back Tripoli's...
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African Union Commission chairman Jean Ping addresses an emergency summit of the AU Peace and Security Council in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa August 26, 2011. The African Union called on Friday for the formation of an inclusive transitional government in Libya, saying it could not...
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African Union Commission chairman Jean Ping (2nd R) and Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed (C) arrive at the Africa Union summit in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa August 25, 2011. A much-delayed African Union summit held on Thursday to raise money to tackle famine in Somalia and...
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Chairman of the Commission of the African Union Jean Ping (L) speaks during a press conference dedicated to the giving of a $200,000 check by CAF to the African Union for their campaign against famine and hunger in Africa, in Libreville, on February 11, 2012.
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