Its 20th anniversary was one of the most difficult for the Organisation of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD). Two attempts were necessary to elect the new steering committee of the organisation, which now wants to add development issues to its original remit to battle AIDS.
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso plays queenmakerOAFLAD held a general assembly on 14 February in Addis Ababa but failed on that occasion to elect a new steering committee. The outgoing president,