At least four throw hat into ring for top AU post
The Peninsula
Nairobi: At least four veteran African politicians from Djibouti, Kenya, Mauritius, and Madagascar are vying to take over the African Union s to...
Nairobi: At least four veteran African politicians -- from Djibouti, Kenya, Mauritius, and Madagascar -- are vying to take over the African Union's top post.
The pan-continental body, which has 55 member states, will hold elections at its summit in February to choose a successor to Moussa Faki Mahamat as chair of the African Union Commission.
This year the role is reserved for a representative from East Africa to replace Faki, a veteran politician from Chad who has served since 2017.
"I am the only candidate capable of bridging the gap between the different regions of Africa, being French-speaking, but also English-speaking and Arabic-speaking," said Djibouti's candidate Mahamoud Ali Youssouf.
The 58-year-old Youssouf has been foreign minister of the tiny but strategic Horn of Africa nation since 2005.
