The AU has about 18, 000 troops in Somalia to help the government battle the insurgents.
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Chocolate is the au courant ingredient, but there are plenty of others to pick from.
South Africa's dogged pursuit of the AU post is the latest diplomatic prize Pretoria has pursued.
Sudan asked the AU to move the meeting there after Malawi said al-Bashir would not be welcome.
Kenyan soldiers have since joined the AU force in the country, boosting its numbers to nearly 18, 000.
In a separate development, two Ugandan peacekeepers were killed in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Friday, the AU said.
Other countries have failed to deliver on promises to send troops to the AU force (Amisom) to Somalia.
But the country's campaign to win the AU leadership role created sharp differences among the continent's top leaders.
Mr. JAN PRONK (United Nations Special Representative): That the AU is having its summit here is very, very positive.
So far only Uganda and Burundi have contributed soldiers to the AU force, which currently has some 6, 000 troops.
Kachali said the summit appears to be headed to the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, also the AU headquarters.
Even frightened toddlers who prefer the arms of their parents may still be persuaded to hug the au pair.
Mr Mbeki is expected to report back to the AU later this month.
For some here, like the United Nations' special representative Jan Pronk, the AU meeting holds out a lot of promise.
Ms Sturman said that while the AU financial woes may worsen, it may work more effectively in the post-Gaddafi era.
Its suspension of Mauritania was a move that automatically follows a coup but the AU's envoy, Lamamra Ramtane, sounded conciliatory.
An offensive led by the AU and transitional government troops this week hammered Shabab positions on the edge of Mogadishu.
The AU, the organization of countries across the African continent, has said before that its members shouldn't cooperate with al-Bashir's arrest.
The Zambian president had been due to sit next to Mr Mugabe at the AU summit, where seating is arranged alphabetically.
HUNTER-GAULT: Meanwhile, others are as gloomy about the AU meeting in Khartoum.
But observers from the AU, the Arab League (of which Mauritania is a member) and the International Francophone Organisation endorsed the result.
The AU's spokeswoman Habiba Mejri-Cheikh said Kufuor was expected in Kenya Wednesday, but Kufuor's press office said the leader had canceled the visit.
But in 2004 the commission chairman warned that the AU needed the kind of financial lifeline that the US gave to post-war Europe.
Last week Mr Tsvangirai asked for the AU and SADC to help mediate a political solution based on the results of the first round.
Despite a reputation for dithering that has worsened during the crises in Darfur and Zimbabwe, the AU has occasionally stood up decisively to coup-makers.
Kenya sent troops across the border last year to fight al-Shabab but its forces have since been merged with the AU force in Somalia.
Ms. Dlamini-Zuma was elected the AU's new chairwoman Sunday in the fourth round of voting by AU member countries gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
But nevertheless I would want to remind the AU that if they bravely adopted a procedure by which it wouldn't sit undemocratically elected leaders.
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