President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is also the current Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), ...

African heads of state will elect a new chairperson for the African Union Commission (AU) on Saturday, February 15, 2025 Kenya's former prime minister Raila Odinga will face off against Mahmoud Ali ...

Djiboutian diplomat and candidate for the chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has outlined an ambitious and comprehensive vision for Africa’s future if elected to ...

And that leader is Mahmoud Ali Youssouf.” Obar said Youssouf’s commitment and “deep knowledge” of the AU were unmatched. “No other candidate can claim such experience. With him ...

Just two days before the highly anticipated African Union Commission Chairperson elections, some reports have emerged indicating that Djibouti's Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf ... are the ...

When the moment of truth came, it is Djibouti’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf who sailed through ... then all Odinga needed was just a handful of votes to eliminate the other candidate ...

Former Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga is among the candidates vying ... on the AU’s activities. On Wednesday, February 12, reports in Arabic outlets indicated that Djibouti's Foreign Minister, ...

Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has thrown his weight behind Kenya's candidate for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship, Raila Odinga, ahead of crucial elections. Gachagua took to ...

“While the outcome of this election did not favour Kenya’s candidate ... Mahmoud Youssouf and Selma Haddadi, the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Africa Union Commission, I extend my sincere ...

Mahmoud Ali Youssouf defeated Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya, and Richard Randriamandrato, an ex-foreign minister of Madagascar, in a vote at the AU summit in Addis Ababa ...