On February 16, 2025, the African Union (AU), which includes 55 countries and over 1.5 billion citizens, elected Mahmoud Ali Youssouf as the new chairperson of the AU Commission.

was previously Djibouti’s ambassador to Egypt and has served as foreign minister in the governments of three presidents. Djibouti’s foreign minister elected chairman of African Union ...

Angola is terminating its mediation efforts for the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to allow President Joao ...

The AU, founded in May 2001 and headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is a union of 55 member states that work together to address major political, social and economic issues, including preventing ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. President William and African Union Commission candidate Raila Odinga in Addis Ababa ...

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, expresses deep concern over reports regarding the detention of the First Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan ...

She said Raila was preoccupied with campaigns for his African Union chairman bid, which he lost and that is why he wasn’t available to speak on matters of public concern, but now back in the ...

Riek Machar was ‘in confinement by the government’ and his life was ‘at risk’, opposition spokesman Pal Mai Deng has told the ...

ANGOLA: ANGOLAN President Joao Lourenco is stepping down as a mediator in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the ...

Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, former foreign minister of Djibouti, recently took over as chairman of the African Union Commission.