The president's stint as AU chair for 2020 will bring much to exercise his mind and energy, as the continent is marked by battlefields
President Cyril Ramaphosa started a year-long journey as chair of the 55-member AU with a specific mandate: to silence the guns that have made almost the entire continent a battlefield.
The north of the continent is set to give him numerous headaches. There is the age-old Saharawi problem. SA has taken a decision to support the Saharawis in their struggle against Moroccan occupation. Ramaphosa’s diplomacy will be put to the test as the occupier, Morocco, is a key member of the region and the AU.
To his credit, the president already has a feel of the South Sudan problem, having been appointed by former president Jacob Zuma as his special envoy to that country — a position he passed on to his deputy, David Mabuza, when he was elected president. But despite numerous forays to and from its capital, Juba, and various state visits, very little has come to fruition for both Ramaphosa and Mabuza.
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