Mugabe, New AU Chairman

President Of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe, Africa’s oldest president at aged 90, has been declared the new African Union Chairman.

At the AU summit in Ethiopia today Mugabe shook hands and took over the post from Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz.

Mugabe a former liberation war hero, is viewed in Africa with deep respect, however he is currently still subject to travel bans from both the United States and the European Union for political violence and intimidation.

Last year Mugabe boycotted the EU African Summit in Brussels after he was given a rare invitation, his wife had been denied a visa at the time.

Mugabe at todays AU summit whilst thanking the leaders present for granting him the position said: “By electing me to preside over this august body, with full knowledge of the onerous responsibility that lies ahead, I humbly accept your collective decision”. Source AP

Buhari is not Educated - Okupe

The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe has described the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Party, APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as an illiterate.

As reported by dailypost, Okupe was reacting to the plan by the opposition party to boycott the presidential debate organised by the Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG) over what they tagged as ‘unhidden bias’.

Okupe claimed that APC decided to avoid the debate to save Buhari from shame, as he did not have record of performance, education and eloquency needed for a debate to match President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Reacting via his Twitter handle, controversial Okupe tweeted; “If APC didn’t withdraw from the debate, they would have been stupid. Their candidate has no record of performance. Neither is he educated nor eloquent”.