President Alpha Conde of Guinea Elected AU ChairmanJanuary 30, 2017 - The president of Guinea Alpha Conde was elected Chairman of the African Union (AU), replacing the outgoing president of Idris Debbi of Chad to lead the continent for 2017. He won after securing the vote of the West African countries. And I hope the representation will be improved and help us echo African voices,” he said in a statement after he won chairmanship. He said he will focus on energy development to help the 700mln Africans, who are inaccessible to energy. Astheme of AU for 2017 launched as “Harnessing Demographic Dividends through investing in youths,” he said that special focus should be given to the dominant portion of the population-the youths.

Source: Ethiopian News January 30, 2017 23:11 UTC