Robert Mugabe Is AU's New Chairman

African leaders meeting in Addis Ababa have chosen the continent’s oldest head of state, Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, as AU chairman for the coming year.

The ninety-year-old, Robert Mugabe, drew applause when he denounced colonialism.

He also spoke of the scourge of terrorism from Boko Haram and said there needed to be lasting solutions to the issue in Nigeria and Cameroon.

Mugabe is subject to travel bans imposed by the U.S and the E.U because of political violence and intimidation in Zimbabwe.