Indeed there are concerns among some officials in Nairobi that the February election could see a repeat of the 2017 AUC election when Kenya's candidate Amina Mohamed lost to Chad's Moussa Faki Mahamat...

Odinga initially signalled his plans to succeed Chadian incumbent Moussa Faki Mahamat as AUC chairman in February and was quickly endorsed by most of Kenya's political establishment (Dispatches 21/2/24 Raila Odinga's bid for AU chair wins consensus in Nairobi)...

The broader theme at the AfDB meetings taken up by Adesina Ruto and other African leaders including Moussa Faki Mahamat chair of the African Union (AU) Commission is that the continent's economies are as dynamic as any others but are hamstrung by a rigged financial system...

Since securing presidential support in February for his campaign to replace AUC chair Moussa Faki Mahamat next February Odinga has abandoned partisan politics prompting fears among his Azimio la Umoja coalition that the veteran opposition leader has effectively been co-opted into government (AC Vol 65 No 5 Veterans seek a last hurrah in Addis)...

The African Union High Level Panel on Sudan (HLP) set up by AU Commission Chair Moussa Faki Mahamat after its summit last month has just completed its first regional tour...

Ruto has quickly moved Odinga into pole position in the race to succeed Chad's former Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat next February securing the endorsement of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni...

In a strongly worded letter dated 3 March to AU Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat Rwanda's Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta wrote that he had learned 'with great concern' that one of the objectives of its Peace and Security Council (PSC) meeting on 4 March was to endorse the deployment of the 2 900-strong Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission led by South Africa and known as SAMIDRC to eastern Congo-K...

'Never has the AU seen such a number of unconstitutional changes of governments in Africa ' said Moussa Faki Mahamat the Chadian chair of the AU Commission the bloc's civil service arm in his opening speech...

The race to succeed Moussa Faki Mahamat as chair of the African Union Commission (AUC) in February 2025 already has two contenders Tanzania's former president Jakaya Kikwete and Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga...