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Comoros President Assoumani enters the ring to counter Kenya's 2023 AU presidency bid

Comoros President Azali Assoumani in Paris on 11 November 2021.
Comoros President Azali Assoumani in Paris on 11 November 2021. © Raphael Lafargue/ABACA Press via Reuters Connect
Making the most of the current post-election vacuum in Kenya, the leader of the Indian Ocean archipelago nation Azali Assoumani has stepped up his efforts to grab the African Union presidency next year from its great rival. [...] (449 words)
Issue dated 07/09/2022 Reading time 2 minutes
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African leaders at the 35th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of AU heads of state on 5 February 2022. © Stringer/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP
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Kenyatta and Azali vie for AU vice chairmanship 

The battle between Kenya and Comoros to secure one of the key posts in the 2023 African Union bureau of the assembly is continuing apace. It is a big prize: the state that takes over the vice chairmanship is the favourite to preside over the pan-African institution the following year.

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