Ambassador Fatima Kyari Mohammed is the Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations. Prior to her appointment, she was Senior Advisor to the ECOWAS Commission. Her career spans more than two decades with a focus on peace, security, socio-economic development, regional integration, organizational development, and project management in the public and private sectors. Her academic background is in peace, security, development, and conflict transformation (University of Innsbruck), responsible management and sustainable economic development (United Nations University for Peace, Costa Rica), and Business Communication (European University, Switzerland). She also holds a degree in Environmental Design (ABU, Zaria, Nigeria). She is an Eisenhower Fellow and has been awarded the ExxonMobil Distinguished Fellow Award in 2017.

Ms. Habiba Gwadabe is a career diplomat from Nigeria. She is the Special Assistant to the Ambassador. Her responsibilities include managing and coordinating the activities of the office of the Ambassador including liaison between other missions and other agencies as well as support to peace and security file. Ms. Gwadabe holds a B.Sc. in Pharmaceutical & Chemical Sciences from Brighton University, England, an M.A. in International Relations from Webster International University and an MBA from Coventry University, London Campus. 

Ms. Marie Bore is the administrative assistant of the Ambassador.  Her role is to provide secretarial and administrative support to the Ambassador.  She is also the liaison between the Head of Mission’s Office and Headquarters in Addis Ababa, as well as with the United Nations, and other Missions and organizations.  She is well trained in the field of bilingual secretarial studies and has several years of experience in working with the African Union and other African Permanent Missions.

Mr. Mohammed Bagobiri has been Special Advisor to the Ambassador since July 2018. As Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, he has over a decade of experience working in the fields of diplomacy and international affairs. He was formerly Head of Chancery and Head of Political and Economic Affairs at the Nigerian Embassy, as well as of the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the African Union as Head of Chancery and Head of Peace Operations. and Security. He holds a BA in Sociology and Anthropology from Maiduguri University.

Mrs. Esther Azaa Yambou Tankou, is Head of Media and Information within the Directorate of Information and Communication of the African Union Commission (AUC), Seconded as Communication Adviser to the African Union Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations (UN) in New York, USA. A native of Cameroon. Mrs. Tankou  has over 25 years of experience in the field of Information, Media, Public Relations, Advocacy, Marketing and Communication with very good proficiency in French and English.

Ms. Oumou Daou Koumoue is a Communications and Outreach expert who leads all the communications activities of the Mission. She is responsible for social media and serves as the focal person for media inquiries and partnerships. Prior to this, she was a technical expert within the Silencing the Guns Unit, at the Department for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the AUC. Ms. Daou-Koumoue holds a masters degree in Political Science from Paris VIII Vincennes-Saint Denis University.