Addis Ababa – Djibouti’s Mahmoud Ali Youssouf was elected on Saturday as the chairman of the African Union’s executive commission, the Djiboutian presidency’s spokesperson told AFP.
“We won, we have secured the most votes, and we won,” spokmesperson Alexis Mohamed said.
He said Youssouf won 33 votes, beating veteran opposition Kenyan politician Raila Odinga to succeed Chad’s Moussa Faki Mahamat for a four-year term.
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Source: AFP
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