Algeria
Why Tebboune presented no candidates for the African Union Commission

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. © Farouk Batiche/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom/MaxPPP
As applications for commissioners' posts continue to be scrutinised at African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Algeria, which has been one of the long-standing pillars of the pan-African organisation, is completely out of the running. [...]
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