Daga Coletta Wanjohi
Ƙayyadaddun lokuta suna zuwa ta hanyoyi waɗanda daban ba a gane ma'anarsu sai a can gaba.
Ga Richard Randriamandrato, nadinsa a matsayin ministan harkokin wajen Madagascar a watan Maris din 2022 shi ne irin wannan lokacin.
Wannan matsayin dai ya nuna gagarumin sauyi daga matsayinsa na ministan tattalin arziki da na kudi a baya, inda ya samu kyakkyawan suna da yin shuhura.
An kore shi daga mukaminsa watanni kadan bayan nada shi ministan harkokin wajen kasar bisa wata dokar Shugaban Kasa.
Abin da a lokacin ya zama koma baya a fannin aikinsa tun daga lokacin ya haifar da wata sabuwar dama ga Randriamandrato a matsayin wanda Madagascar ta zaba a matsayin shugaban hukumar Tarayyar Afirka, rawar da shugaba Andry Rajoelina ke ganin ta fi dacewa da rayuwar aikinsa.
Wani abin daukar hankali a yanzu shi ne fafatawar da Randriamandrato mai shekaru 65 zai yi da 'yan takara biyu - tsohon firaministan Kenya Raila Odinga da ministan harkokin wajen Djibouti Mahamoud Ali Youssouf - don jagorantar kungiyar ta nahiyar tsawon hudu masu zuwa.
"Wannan takarar ta nuna sha'awar Madagascar na ba da gudunmawa sosai ga makomar nahiyarmu ta hanyar kare martabar haɗin kai na yanki."
Shugaba Rajoelina ya fadi hakan ne a watan Disamban 2024 yayin da yake bayyana dan takarar kasar a hukumance yayin wani biki a Fadar Ivoloha.
Shugabannin kasashen Afirka da gwamnatocin kasashen Afirka za su zabi shugaban kungiyar AU na gaba a wani taro da za a yi a Addis Ababa babban birnin kasar Habasha daga ranar 15 zuwa 16 ga watan Fabrairu.
Bunkasa Afirka
Duk da cewa Randriamandrato bai dade a kan kujerar ministan harkokin waje ba inda ya yi daga Maris zuwa Oktoban 2022 , amma ƙwarewar diflomasiyyarsa wani karfi ne da za a yi la'akari da shi.
A baya ya kasance mai ba da shawara na musamman kan huldar kasa da kasa ga firaminista da shugaban kasa.
Randriamandrato ya yi imanin cewa babban aikin AU da kungiyoyin da ke da alaka da ita shi ne karfafa matsayin Afirka a tsarin duniya da warware rikice-rikice tsakanin nahiyoyi.
A cikin wata sanarwa ya ce, "Kaddamar da zaman lafiya tsakanin kasashen kan iyaka da ke fama da yaki na bukatar ci gaba da tattaunawa ta dindindin da kuma diflomasiyya ta dangantakar da ke tsakanin kasashen AU da ya kamata ta ci gaba da ingantuwa."
AU ta riga ta fara aiwatar da sauye-sauyen aiki don ƙara mata ƙarfi da inganci, da samar da ingantacciyar hidima ga 'yan Afirka, da rage dogaro da wuce gona da iri kan abokan huldar ayyukan ci gaba.
"Wadannan sauye-sauyen na bukatar amincewar shugabannin kasashe tare da cikakkiyar fahimtar abin da za su yi don jagorantar matakin da za a dauka nan gaba," in ji Randriamandrato.
Ya kuma amince da shugaban kasar Kenya William Ruto, wanda kungiyar AU ta zaba domin ya jagoranci sauye-sauyen da ake shirin yi, domin ciyar da tsarin gaba.
"Na yi imanin cewa Shugaba Ruto zai kawo wani yanayi na musamman don karfafa kungiyar Tarayyar Afirka," in ji shi.
Sauran abubuwan da Randriamandrato ya sa a gaba su ne samun AU mai dogaro da kanta tare da isassun kudade na cikin gida da aiwatar da yankin ciniki marar shinge cikin 'yanci na nahiyar Afirka (AfCFTA).
Aniyar 'yan takara
Madagascar tsibiri ne da ke kudu maso gabashin gabar tekun Afirka kuma na hudu mafi girma a duniya bayan Greenland, New Guinea da Borneo.
A cewar Shugaba Rajoelina, wannan tsibiri mai yawan jama'a sama da miliyan 28 "a shirye yake ya dauki kalubale" na shugabancin wata cibiya da ke wakiltar kasashe mambobi 55.
Rasata Rafaravavitafika, ministan harkokin wajen Madagascar, ya nanata wa shugaban kasar.
"Wannan shi ne karo na farko da Madagascar ke da dan takara mai girma irin wannan a cikin hukumar Tarayyar Afirka."
Takarar Randriamandrato kuma tana wakiltar wata dama ta musamman ga tsibiran Tekun Indiya da kuma ƙasashen Ƙungiyar Ci gaban Kudancin Afirka (SADC) don gabatar da murya mai ƙarfi da haɗin kai.
Duk wanda ya samu nasara a gasar ta tsakanin kasashe uku a karshen wannan wata, zai karbi kujerar Moussa Faki Mahamat na Chadi, wanda ya yi wa'adi biyu a shugabancin kungiyar ta AU.
