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The new African Union (AU) Chairman and Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika attends the summit in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. African leaders dissolved Nepad as the Addis meeting closed. Reuters

The new African Union (AU) Chairman and Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika attends the summit in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. African leaders dissolved Nepad as the Addis meeting closed. Reuters 

By ARGAW ASHINE, NATION Correspondent and Agencies
Posted  Tuesday, February 2  2010 at  19:33

AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra told the Nation the summit gave new authority to the AU to act on and unconstitutional change of governments in Africa.  

The summit also deliberates on the agenda of African common position on the International Criminal Court (ICC) which has indicted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir calling for fairness in its activities.

The summit also endorsed the newly elected peace and Security Council members, the most powerful body of AU, and Zimbabwe was elected to a three-year term, along with Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Libya and Nigeria. 

Others elected to two-year terms were Burundi, Chad, Djibouti, Rwanda, Mauritania, Namibia, South Africa, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire and Mali.  

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