Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has been bypassed again for being the New AU boss and was succeeded by President John Kufuor of Ghana.
Mr Bashir was originally due to become AU leader in 2006 but this was postponed by a year due to human right violation going on in Darfur his own country. UN chief Ban Ki-moon has held talks with Mr Bashir on a proposed joint UN-AU peacekeeping force in Darfur but Mr Bashir remains opposed to UN troops at the AU summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
Chad had also threatened to leave the AU if Mr Bashir became its leader.

Sudan's Foreign Minister Lam Akol has accepted Sudan to declined in favour of Ghana and Mr Kufuor accepted this post is to serve the AU.