Gaddafi elected as next AU leader

They could've picked Mugabe. BBC

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been elected as chairman of the 53-nation African Union.

Col Gaddafi was elected by delegates at the AU summit in Ethiopia. [...]

"He is currently addressing the assembly as president, to outline his programme and his intentions," she said.

Col Gaddafi replaces the Tanzanian president, Jakaya Kikwete.

In its earlier sessions, AU delegates called for a lifting of sanctions against Zimbabwe.