The Past Board Members

The Board Members of the African Union Advisory Board Against Corruption are elected by the African Union Executive Council ministerial meeting during AU Summit in either January or July. The Council, by delegated authority, automatically and simultaneously appoints the members after election.
The Advisory Board on Corruption is composed of eleven (11) members elected by the Executive Council from among a list of experts of the highest integrity, impartiality, and recognized competence in matters relating to preventing and combating corruption and related offenses, proposed by the State Parties. Board Members serve for a term of six (6) years renewable only once.

These are the previous Board members and among them served in the Bureau of the Board.

The Former Bureau

Jean Louis Andriamifidy

Former Chairperson

Jean Louis Andriamifidy, from the Republic of Madagascar is a Master II holder in International Law from the University of Limoges. He has also Diploma of Advanced Studies in Judicial Law (IEJ) from ...

Seynabou Ndiaye Diakhate

Former Chairperson (2023-2025)

Seynabou Ndiaye Diakhate, from the Republic of Senegal served as the Chairperson of the AUABC from March 2023 to June 2025. This was after her re-election to serve her second and last term as a Board ...

Pascoal Antonio Joaquim

Former - Vice Chairperson (2023 - 2025)

Pascoal António is currently the Deputy Attorney-General of Angola. He has previously served as Member of the Great Lakes Regional Committee, Focal point of the Great Lakes Judicial Cooperation ...

Former Members

Chalal Hocine

Board Member - Hon. Chalal

 Hon. Hocine Ait Chalal, is a national of Algeria and was elected as a member of the AUABC during the 31st Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ...

Amar Khalifa

Board Member - Hon. Amal

Amar Khalifa, from the Republic of Egypt is a Board Member serving her second term after reelection in January 2019. During her tenure in the Board, she served as the Vice Chairperson for a period of ...

Tarek Mustafa M Elhatab

Board Member - Hon. Tarek

Tarek Mustafa is a director of the Libyan Audit Bureau, Tripoli branch. He has previously worked as General Director of the General department for Evaluating the Performance of Companies and Banks at ...

Francis Ben Kaifala

Board Member - Hon. Kaifala

Francis Ben Kaifala, is the Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission of Sierra Leone. Before now, he was Senior/Managing Partner in the Firm Kaifala, Kanneh & Co., a private law firm in Freetown ...

Agness Kayobo Ng'andu (The Late)

Board Member-The Late Agness Kayobo Ng'andu

The Late, Mrs Agnes Kayobo M. Ng’andu from the Republic of Zambia has served in various positions at the Zambia Anti-Corruption Commission and held the positions of Director Corruption Prevention ...

Mougemba Anne Marie Rose

Board Member

Hon. Mougemba is a career Diplomat Ambassador with the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Cooperation and Abroad and member of the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption. She holds a PhD in Political ...

Samuel Kimeu

Board Member - Hon. Kimeu

Mr. Samuel Kimeu, from the Republic of Kenya is currently serving as the Executive Director of Africa’s Voices Foundation and is also a Board Member at the National Tax-Payers Association. He has ...

Al-Zahraa Kamal Khaled

Former Board Member - Hon. Al-Zahraa Kamal Khaled

Al-Zahraa Kamal Khaled is the counselor vice president of administrative prosecution, also a member of the Technical Office of the Head of the Examinations and Investigations Authority Seconded ...