President Robert Mugabe took over the post of African Union chairperson on Friday January 30, replacing Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.
The veteran leader, Africa’s oldest president aged 90, shook hands with Abel Aziz in front of fellow leaders to applause at the AU summit in the Ethiopian capital.
In his acceptance speech he thanked the continent for the faith they vested in Zimbabwe and him in particular.- AFP