Raila loses bid for AUC chairperson to Mahamoud Youssouf of Djibouti

Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Djibouti, has been elected as the new Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC).

He secured the majority of votes in elections held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, defeating Kenya’s Raila Odinga and Madagascar’s Richard James Randriamandrato.

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