Alvin Slain
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South Africa,s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma wili be the next chairperson of the African Union Commission, The south African Home Affairs minister defeated incumbet Jean ping of Gabon in an election on sunday at the AU sammit in Addis Ababa. Dlamini-Zuma wili takd over the African Union,s top post after winning an election in a fourth round of voting. The south African won 37 votes from African leaders in a secret ballot at AU headquarters, more than the two-thirds threshold needed to win. Benin,s president Boni Yayi,who also holds the rotating chair of the AU, welcomed the results Dlamini-Zuma wili be the first woman to lead the African union and the south African.