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Foreign minister assembles AU Commission campaign team

Djibouti Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf in Beijing, China, 20 February 2019. © Pool/Getty Images via AFP

Veteran diplomat Mahamoud Ali Youssouf has yet to officially throw his hat into the ring, but he is already gathering allies for his likely bid to take the helm of the African Union's executive arm, a post Kenya's former PM Raila Odinga is also eyeing. [...]

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