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Vol 66 No 4

Published 21st February 2025


Kenya

How diplomat Youssouf triumphed over politician Odinga in AU race

Kenya’s hopes of chairing the AU were thwarted – a blow to its candidate and to President Ruto’s prospects of re-election in 2027

In the end, African leaders chose the diplomat over the politician. Djibouti’s Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf held off veteran Kenyan presidential candidate and dealmaker Raila Odinga to be elected as the next chair of the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa on 15 February replacing Chad’s Moussa Faki Mahamat.

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