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How Amina lost African Union commission post to Chad candidate

Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed. [PHOTO: AFP]

Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed lost out to Chad’s Moussa Mahamat in the race to become the chair of the African Union Commission in the Round Seven vote.

Ms Mohamed fell to a strong onslaught fronted by countries from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) after seven rounds of voting that saw three other candidates fall by the wayside early in the voting.

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