President Azali Assoumani of Comoros has slowly been getting his bearings in his new role as chairperson of the Africa Union. From day one of his one-year mandate that started in mid-February, he has been able to turn to a team of ten advisers that was set up specially at the end of last year.

The task force coordinator Mohamed Issimaila was appointed by decree in February. An academic specialising in education, Issimaila served as education minister under Ikililou Dhoinine, who was president from