
AU appoints ex-Somali prime minister to lead peace mission in South Sudan
Mogadishu: The African Union has appointed former Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gas as its new Special Envoy and Head of Mission to South Sudan, assigning him with leading mediation and peacebuilding efforts in a nation teetering on renewed conflict. The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, officially welcomed Dr. Gas…