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S.Africa's Dlamini-Zuma elected to AU top job: AU sources

By AFP
South Africa Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.  By Simon Maina (AFP)
SUN, 15 JUL 2012
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. By Simon Maina (AFP)

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - South Africa's Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has won a closely fought vote to become the head of the African Union Commission, replacing Jean Ping of Gabon in the top job, AU officials said Sunday.

"She got 37 (votes), three points more than the (required) majority," a top AU official told AFP on condition of anonymity, adding she had won on the fourth round of voting. South African officials confirmed the result.

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