Djibouti’s foreign minister, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, over the weekend was elected as the chairperson of the African Union (AU).
African leaders at a summit in Ethiopia over the weekend elected the Djibouti’s foreign minister into the AU top position.
In a post on the X platform Djibouti’s economy and finance minister, Ilyas Dawaleh, said Youssouf had “won” the election.
Youssouf has been foreign minister since 2005.
He was previously Djibouti’s ambassador to Egypt and has served as foreign minister in the governments of three presidents.
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