The Africa that we want is the Africa of peace, integration, and prosperity. If I'm given the chance of being the chairperson of the commission, I will do my best to make sure that our continent ...

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 ...

ADDIS ABABA: Few heads of diplomacy can boast the longevity of Djibouti's Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, foreign minister since 2005, who was elected Saturday (Feb 15) to head the African Union's ...

Raila was Kenya’s candidate in an election Youssouf emerged winner after securing 33 votes in the seventh round of voting. Raila conceded defeat and also congratulated Youssouf on his victory.

Few heads of diplomacy can boast the longevity of Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Djibouti's foreign minister since 2005, who was elected Saturday to head the African Union's executive commission.

African leaders elected Djibouti’s foreign minister to become the next leader of the commission than runs the continent-wide African Union ...

In a post on social media, Djibouti's economy and finance minister, Ilyas Dawaleh, said Youssouf had "won" the election. "We won, we have secured the most votes, and we won," spokesman Alexis ...

At their annual summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the organization’s members elected Djibouti Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf as the next chair of the African Union Commission in a secret ...

The Djiboutian presidency's spokesman has said that Djibouti's Mahmoud Ali Youssouf was elected Saturday as the chairman of the African Union's executive commission. In a post on social media, ...

Few heads of diplomacy can boast the longevity of Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Djibouti's foreign minister since 2005, who was elected Saturday to head the African Union's executive commission. Youssouf won ...

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 ...

ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Djiboutian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahamoud Ali Youssouf has been elected as the new chairperson of the African Union Commission, with Algerian diplomat Selma ...