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Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Pretoria - The nomination process for the next Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson and eight Commissioners of the African Union (AU) Commission has been re-opened.

“The AU Commission has officially informed all Member States, providing detailed timeframes and deadlines for the submission of candidatures for the 10 positions that are open,” the AU said in a statement.

The elections are scheduled to be held during the 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, scheduled for 30 till 31 January 2017 at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The election of the members of the AU Commission held in Kigali, Rwanda, in July were suspended since none of the three contenders for the position of the Chairperson of the Commission obtained the required two-thirds majority, after seven rounds of voting.

Re-opening the process allows for both the former candidates, as well as new candidates to run for any of the ten positions. – SAnews.gov.za