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             Dlamini-Zuma Becomes First Female AU Commission Chair

   by VOA News

   The African Union executive committee has a female chairperson for the
   first time.
   South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma took the
   helm of the AU Commission at a handover ceremony Monday at AU
   headquarters in Addis Ababa. She replaces Jean Ping, whom she defeated
   in a July vote that took four rounds to produce a winner.
   The 63-year-old takes over as the African Union faces challenges posed
   by Islamist militants in northern Mali and a growing rebellion in the
   eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
   Dlamini-Zuma is also the first commission chair from South Africa,
   where she has held several ministerial posts since 1994.
   Her work in desegregating the country's health-care system after the
   end of apartheid and in turning around the Department of Home Affairs
   have earned praise. But critics say her positions against
   anti-retroviral drugs have hurt the fight against AIDS in South Africa,
   which has one of the highest HIV-infection rates in the world.
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