Published 2 years ago

PAP ELECTION: Chaos averted — Zimbabwean senator Fortune Charumbira elected Pan-African Parliament president

Summary by Ground News

Zimbabwean senator and chief, Fortune Charumbira, was elected unopposed. South Sudan withdrew its candidate, Albino Aboug, evidently at the behest of AU Commission chair Moussa Faki Mahamat. Faki had warned members of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) not to repeat the debacle of a year ago.

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Zimbabwe's Charumbira looks a shoo-in for Pan-African Parliament presidency

Zimbabwean MP Chief Fortune Charumbira is set to be elected unopposed as the Pan-African Parliament's new president.

2 years ago·Johannesburg, South Africa

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Eyewitness News

SA backs Zimbabwe's Charumbira for Pan African President

The Zimbabwean MP was hand-picked by southern delegates after lengthy deliberations with the northern bloc.

2 years ago·South Africa

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The Herald Zimbabwe

Chief Charumbira elected Pan African Parliament president

Herald Reporter Chiefs Council president, Chief Fortune Charumbira has been elected as the new Pan-African Parliament president. Chief Charumbira was elected this evening at the PAP session in Midrand in South Africa, becoming the first person from the Southern African region to lead the organisation. After his election, Chief Charumbira, said he believes he was […]

2 years ago·Harare, Zimbabwe

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Daily Maverick

PAP ELECTION: Chaos averted — Zimbabwean senator Fortune Charumbira elected Pan-African Parliament president

Convening at its Midrand headquarters on Wednesday, the Pan-African Parliament finally elected its president — a year late. But not before the chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, gave the MPs a stern lecture.

2 years ago·South Africa

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