Mahamoud Youssouf won the AUC elections

Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahamoud Youssouf (Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, born September 2, 1965 in Djibouti City, is a well-known Djiboutian diplomat. His goal is to promote integration, promote prosperity and strengthen governance across the continent. He advocates for African leadership in addressing security issues and aims to improve the operational capacity of the African Union.) has been elected as the new Chairman of the African Union Commission (AUC). Youssouf succeeds Moussa Faki of Chad.    Naturally, Mahamoud Youssouf thanked the African Heads of State who supported and voted for him in the African Union Commission (AUC) elections on Saturday, February 15. In that election, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Youssouf defeated Raila, of Kenya, and former Madagascan Foreign Minister Richard Randriamandrato. Raila's bid for the AUC chairmanship had attracted a lot of attention. The Kenyan delegates present in Addis Ababa supported him. It was not predictable that Youssouf of Kenya's victory would not be accepted so easily. Rumour has it that President Ruto simply wanted to get rid of Raila, his opponents in the election and politicians and so pressured him to run for the AUC chairmanship. We can see that Roto was angry because during a dinner in Addis Ababa, Ruto said that the AUC election result meant that Africa had missed the opportunity to be governed by a better leader.  If Ruto said that, then I wonder, does Africa need a leader? Africa does not need a leader, Africa needs someone to show the way that individual countries can go if they see fit.  Ruto insisted that Euro, the former prime minister, was the best candidate, even though many African presidents would have voted differently. "I regret that Africa missed the opportunity to be served by the best." Baba made me very proud. He was the best candidate we could have put forward. I am very proud of Raila. He did everything he managed to do and regardless of the outcome, he made us proud. Whenever he was needed, he was there. "Tinga exceeded all expectations," Ruto said. Unable to let that stand, Djibouti has strongly criticised President Ruto, accusing him of dishonesty over his comments on the AUC election results. In a post on X, Ambassador Moussa Mohamed Omar of Djibouti stressed that African heads of state and government had made the right decision by electing Mahmoud.