ADDIS ABABA, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat on Saturday appointed Adama Dieng of Senegal as the first AU special envoy for the prevention of the crime of genocide and other mass atrocities.

As the 55-member continental organization's first special envoy for the prevention of the crime of genocide and other mass atrocities, Dieng will drive the AU's agenda to combat the ideology of hate and genocide on the African continent, Faki said on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday.