Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed elected new secretary general of OIC

JEDDAH — Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has been elected new secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Ahmed, a Mauritanian diplomat and former foreign minister, took the oath of office as secretary general, succeeding Hissein Brahim Taha, in the presence of foreign ministers of the OIC member states. Earlier, the member states of the OIC have elected Ahmed as the new secretary general of the 57-member pan Islamic body during the 23rd Extraordinary Session of the Council o...

By Saudi Gazette report