Mauritania's Sidi Ould Tah is new AfDB president

Mauritania's Sidi Ould Tah is new AfDB president
Caption: AfDB elect Mauritania’s former economy minister Sidi Ould Tah as new president / Source: X

Mauritania's former economy minister Sidi Ould Tah has been elected to succeed Nigeria's Akinwumi Adesina as president of the African Development Bank. Official results showed that Tah received 76.18 percent of votes in the third round. His closest challenger, Zambian economist Samuel Munzele Maimbo, was second on 20.26 percent.

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