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Central African states scramble for AU trade and education commissioner jobs

Published on 14.03.2025 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 3 min

Central African nations are jockeying for the African Union's trade and education commissioner posts, which are the region's by right. Burundi, DR Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe and the Central African Republic have all fielded candidates, alongside Equatorial Guinea, Chad.

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Central African states scramble for AU trade and education commissioner jobs

Central African nations are jockeying for the African Union's trade and education commissioner posts, which are the region's by right. Burundi, DR Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe and the Central African Republic have all fielded candidates, alongside Equatorial Guinea, Chad.

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Central Africa Central African states scramble for AU trade and education commissioner jobs

Central African nations are jockeying for the African Union's trade and education commissioner posts, which are the region's by right. Burundi, DR Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe and the Central African Republic have all fielded candidates, alongside Equatorial Guinea, Chad.

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Central Africa
Central African states scramble for AU trade and education commissioner jobs

Central Africa
Last chance saloon for AU commissioner posts

Kenya
Ruto sees himself as orchestrator of continental free trade

Central Africa
AU pre-selection process for last two commissioners reopened

Central Africa
Central Africa up in arms over AU panel of eminent Africans

Central Africa
AU panel rejects Central African candidates

African Union
Mahamoud Ali Youssouf's balancing act to appoint his cabinet

Africa
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Equatorial Guinea
Teodoro Obiang puts forward candidate for AU trade commissioner post

Chad
Mahamat Idriss Déby lobbies hard for his AU Commission candidate

Kenya
Raila Odinga jockeys for votes as AU Commission chair election looms

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