Djibouti’s Mahmoud Ali Youssouf elected as African Union chairman

The spokesperson of Djibouti’s presidency has said that the country’s Mahmoud Ali Youssouf was elected on February 15th as the chairman of the executive commission of the African Union, according to RFI.

Djibouti’s economy and finance minister Ilyas Dawaleh posted on social media saying Youssouf had “won” the election. “We won, we have secured the most votes, and we won,” spokesman Alexis Mohamed said.

He said Youssouf won 33 votes, beating veteran Kenyan opposition politician Raila Odinga to take over from Chad’s Moussa Faki Mahamat for a four-year term in the role.

RFI