African Union

Omar Alieu Touray was for several years Permanent Representative of the Gambia to the African Union and Ambassador to Ethiopia with concurrent accreditation as High Commissioner to Kenya and South Africa. He had been Permanent Representative Designate to the United Nations in New York before he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Ambassador Touray holds a Ph. D. in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies University of Geneva Switzerland. He is the author of The Gambia and the World and several papers on international development and African affairs. He currently works at the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah Saudi Arabia. Language: English