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(From L, first row): Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Ethiopias Prime Minster Abiy Ahmed, Senegal's President of Senegal and outgoing Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Macky Sall, Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the AU Commission, President of the Comoros and newly elected Chairperson of the AU Azali Assoumani, President of Rwanda Paul Kagame, Djibouti´s President Ismail Omar Guelleh, United Nation's Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, (second row, from L): Chad president Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi, Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo (not seen), Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Namibia's President Hage Gottfried Geingob, Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, Angola's President Joao Lourenço, Cabo Verde's President Jose Maria Neves, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, the Deputy Head of the Presidential Council of Libya, Abdullah Al-Lafi, Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina, Arab League's Secretary-General, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, (3rd row, from L): Eswatini's Prime minister Cleopas Dlamini (not seen), Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Brahim Ghali, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SARD), Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi, Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio, Kenyas President William Ruto, Lesothos Prime Minister Sam Matekane, among other African authorities pose for a group photo during the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 18, 2023. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images)