In a post on the X platform Djibouti's economy and finance minister, Ilyas Dawaleh, said Youssouf had "won" the election.

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Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, the Foreign Minister of Djibouti, has been elected Chairperson of the African Union Commission.

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The African Union Commision has new leadership in Djibouti's Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. But how will the AUC handle deepening continental and global crises?

Kenya’s former leader Raila Odinga lost the race to lead the African Union Commission (AUC) to Djibouti’s foreign affairs ...

Ethiopia Claims Parts of Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti in New Africa Map | Firstpost Africa | N18G Leaders from across Africa ...

Ivory Coast has officially taken control of the last remaining French military base in the country as the majority of French ...

African leaders elected Djibouti’s foreign minister to become the next leader of the commission than runs the continent-wide African Union ...

Arrogant overconfidence, foreign policy blunders and internal rivalries cost Raila Odinga (and Kenya) dearly as Djibouti’s ...

An unstable Horn of Africa spells major trouble for Europe. The EU should take the reins in the Western response to counter ...

Ambassador Moussa Mohamed Omar, a communication expert at Djibouti’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responded to President ...