Because of your pressure, members of the African Union agreed to appoint Ghana as the head of the African Union.

AU commission head Alpha Oumar Konare told reporters that Ghanaian President John Kufuor would be the AU's chair for the next year. "By consensus it is President Kufuor," he said.

"Sudan supported the decision," he added.

The chairmanship was promised to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir a year ago but he was passed over for the post because of the violence in Darfur, which experts estimate has killed 200,000 people and driven 2.5 million from their homes.

Critics, including rights groups and Western governments, said there had been no improvement since then and Sudan must again be barred from leading the organisation whose peacekeepers are trying to stem the violence in its vast western region.

Thank you for your support, and congratulations on your victory!