Djibouti’s foreign minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf wins in seventh round after Kenya’s Raila Odinga appeared to lead in the first two rounds. The African Union Commission has a new chairperson in ...
Assembly of the Heads of State and Government on Saturday elected Djibouti's Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf as the new AU Commission chairperson.
Until his election as the AUC chair, Youssouf had served in the government of Djibouti as Minister of Foreign Affairs for two decades since 2005. He is an alumnus of University of Liverpool where ...
Arrogant overconfidence, foreign policy blunders and internal rivalries cost Raila Odinga (and Kenya) dearly as Djibouti’s Mahamoud Ali Youssouf is chosen for Africa’s top diplomatic post. Despite ...
Mahamoud Ali Youssouf of Djibouti has been elected Chairperson of the African Union, AU, Commission. Youssouf emerged winner of the election after five rounds of voting on Saturday. He defeated ...