Perfect picture, imperfect timing: Business jet photo scandalises AUC boss

Nuur Mohamud Sheekh, the spokesperson for the AUC chairperson, posted a picture of himself reading a magazine on a private jet, prompting a backlash.

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The African Union is fighting the implosion of a potentially damaging photo published by a senior official at the African Union Commission (AUC) on the same day gory pictures emerged from Sudan’s war.

On Tuesday, Nuur Mohamud Sheekh, the spokesperson for the AUC chairperson, posted a picture of himself reading a magazine on a private jet. The photo was captioned, “Au revoir beautiful Luanda. #Angola.”