JUST IN: Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania elected as AfDB President

New AfDB President, Sidi Ould Tah

Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania has been elected President of African Development Bank (AfDB).

Tah was elected on Thursday at the bank’s annual meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

The new president will replace Akinwumi Adesina, a Nigerian economist, who led the AfDB for 10 years following his election in 2015.