Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma

As soon as Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Chairwoman of the African Union Commission had told President Barack Obama: ‘Although we welcome you as President of the US we also claim you as our own ' he held the attention of assembled officials and regional leaders for his lengthy speech at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa on 27 July...

She is one of Zuma's preferred successors together with his ex-wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma head of the African Union Commission...

Reluctant to intervene in the affairs of member states Chairwoman of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has kept criticism of these moves generally discreet...

Morocco has also bested Algeria's key allies including African Union Commission Chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma...

Zuma's first preference for party president we hear is his former wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma who chairs the African Union Commission...

The U-turn came we hear after Khartoum officials pressured AU chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma who then passed the issue to the AU Peace and Security Council...

On 16 March though AU Commission Chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma declared 'The Chairperson wishes to state categorically that the so-called “report” that is said to have been leaked is NOT that of the Commission of Inquiry'...

Other probable contenders include Jean-Baptiste Natama aka Toubo Tanam the current Chief of Staff of the African Union Commission Chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and previously with the African Peer Review Mechanism (and also ex-Darfur); and Yacouba Ouédraogo a colonel and former Sports Minister who has a small but loud following...

Zuma himself wants either his former wife African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma or Parliament Speaker Baleka Mbete to succeed him...

Now pressure is mounting on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon who insists ending Sudan's violence is top priority and the AU Commission Chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma who says women's and children's rights are a principal aim...