Djibouti’s Overseas Minister, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has been elected chair of the African Union Fee. He succeeds Moussa Faki, a former prime minister of Chad, who had led the 55-nation bloc since 2017. Youssouf defeated former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Madagascar’s ex-Overseas Minister Richard Randriamandrato in a vote on the AU summit in Addis Ababa. This result’s a disappointment for Odinga, a celebrated political determine in Kenya who served as prime minister in 2008. Youssouf, Djibouti’s overseas affairs minister since 2005, campaigned on peace and safety. He inherits quite a few challenges, together with the rise of army juntas in West Africa, a Sudanese civil conflict that has led to the world’s largest displacement disaster, and ongoing conflicts in jap Democratic Republic of the Congo. The African Union Fee typically faces criticism for its perceived sluggish response to such crises, underscoring the brand new chair’s pivotal position.
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