The most controversial head of the AU since FIVE YEARS AGO. I'm surprised it's been that long.
He is replacing Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz from Mauritania. A two time coup leader from a country which has actual slavery and in 2011-12 AU was led by Teodoro Obiang - who has ruled Equatorial Guinea longer than Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe and is an even worse tyrant.
Obiang is probably the most orwellian dictator in Africa, yet due to him keeping much lower profile than Mugabe or Gaddafi, he remains largely unknown figure.
