President Macky Sall of Senegal takes over as new African Union chairperson for year 2022 amid massive continental crises from Ethiopia’s Tigray region to Mozambique, from Mali to Burkina Faso, from Sudan to the Sahel

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The Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) on Saturday elected Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, as the new Chairperson of the African Union for the year 2022 amid massive continental crises from Ethiopia’s Tigray region to Mozambique, from Sudan in the north to Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea and Guinea Bissau in the West.