Chad's foreign minister Moussa Faki Mahamat named AU chief

Chad's foreign minister Moussa Faki Mahamat was named today as the new AU Commission chairman, beating four others to succeed South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, diplomats told AFP.

"The chairperson was elected in the fourth round," said former Burundian president Pierre Buyoya, adding that Mahamat won after a final round battle with Kenyan foreign minister Amina Mohamed.