France, Feb. 10 -- This year's African Union summit has closed with the re-election of Moussa Faki Mahamat as chairof the bloc's commission. The virtual summit approved some measures aimed at reforming the organisation, although much work remains on overhauling the continental union.

Moussa Faki stood unopposed for a second term in the AU's top job, the first time this has happened in the history of the bloc. He secured the votes of 51 of the 55 member states.

"Moussa Faki Mahamat is politically savvy," said Babatunde Fagbayibo, an expert on the African Union at the University of South Africa. "He understands how to play the politics of continental regionalism, and essentially that's the reason why he stood unopposed."

Moussa Faki has ...