The election can take up to three rounds if the threshold is not realised in the first round of voting. In the first round – which is usually by secret ballot - all the candidates are on the ...

Until his election as the AUC chair, Youssouf had served in the government of Djibouti as Minister of Foreign Affairs for two decades since 2005. He is an alumnus of University of Liverpool where ...

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said that he and his campaign team did their best in the race for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship. Despite the results not being in his ...

Djibouti’s Foreign minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf is the next Africa Union Commission (AUC) chairperson, after garnering the required 33 votes. Kenya’s Raila Odinga dropped out after the sixth ...

The Standard learnt that Raila would attend the meeting, where he will likely pitch his AUC candidature. This is part of a three-pronged strategy that Raila’s campaign secretariat is adopting ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. AUC chairperson candidates during a regional debate. [File, Courtesy] As the race for the ...

Kenya’s former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, has broken his silence following his loss in the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson race. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, the Foreign Affairs Minister ...

Bahati and Diana Marua's event saw some celebrities miss the fashion mark, with 2mbili, Carlos, and Mungai Eve among the ...

With uncertainty on Pope Francis's health, a list of cardinals emerged ready to succeed him. The Catholic Church has an elaborate procedure for electing a new pope.

When you see a picture of an unbearably cute animal, are you ever filled with so much emotion, all you can do is grit your teeth or clench your fists? Do you feel an urge to squeeze something ...