It is after this round that Mr Odinga dropped out, leaving Mr Youssouf to attempt the seventh and last round for the required ...

Chairperson elections, Raila Odinga, has lost the race in the exercise that was conducted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

African leaders elected Djibouti’s foreign minister to become the next leader of the commission than runs the continent-wide African Union. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf defeated Raila Odinga, a former prime ...

Djibouti’s Mahmoud Youssouf has clinched the top seat as the new Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) after ...

The elections and appointment of the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson are set to be held during the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and ...

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has been eliminated in his bid to become the next Chairperson of the African Union ...

Djibouti’s Mahmoud Youssouf leads with 25 votes against Raila Odinga’s 21; one vote spoiled, and two countries abstain.

Chairperson elections, Raila Odinga, has won the first two rounds of voting in the exercise that is currently ongoing in ...