Djibouti’s Mahamoud Youssouf elected AU commission chair in tightly contested election
[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 15/02/2025
Mahamoud Youssouf, Djibouti’s foreign minister, has been elected as the new chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission. Youssouf won Saturday’s election after seven rounds of voting by the union’s 49 member states. He won the election with 33 votes in the final round, constituting the required two-thirds. The tightly contested race saw Raila Odinga, Kenya’s former prime minister, and Richard Randriamandrato, Madagascar’s ex-economy and finance and foreign affairs minister, vie for the AU top position. However, Youssouf secured a win in the final voting round. The multilingual (…)
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