Africa: Former Mauritanian Finance Minister Tah Elected President of AfDB

Monrovia — Former Mauritanian finance minister, Sidi Ould Tah, was elected president of the Africa Development Bank, the AfDB announced. Tah, who also headed the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, won after three rounds of voting by the AfDB’s Board of Governors at their meeting in Abidjan, securing more than 76% of the votes in the end, according to reports.

In the weeks leading up to Thursday’s vote, Tah promised to undertake internal reforms if elected.  He spoke of the need to…