In a statement to the AFP, the spokesman for the Djiboutian presidency, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, who served for nearly 20 years as foreign minister in the small Horn of Africa country, was elected president of the African Union Commission (AU) on Saturday. He notably beat the veteran of the Kenyan opposition Raila Odinga, who was a favorite figure..
Commission of the African Union: Mahamoud Ali Youssouf elected new President
