It was a stalemate in Kigali, Rwandan capital as heads of state from all African countries failed to elect a new head of the African Union, AU. Notwithstanding, the elections has been shifted to January, 2017.
As Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, current AU President stand down, it was still unabated as African leaders couldn’t select a successor to lead the executive branch of the continental body during its 27th summit meeting.
Ahead of the vote many states had expressed dismay at the “lack of stature” among the little known candidates from Botswana, Equatorial-Guinea and Uganda and, in the end, 28 of the 54 member states abstained from the final round of voting thus forcing a postponement of the election and an extension of Dlamini-Zuma’s term.
None of the three candidates was able to muster the two-thirds majority required to win in the secret ballot.
