was previously Djibouti’s ambassador to Egypt and has served as foreign minister in the governments of three presidents.

to chair the African Union commission. Djibouti’s finance minister, Ilyas Dawaleh, revealed this on Saturday. Youssouf won the required support of two-thirds of the region’s leaders in the ...

The 38th African Union Summit brings together representatives from the 55 member states. Held on 15-16 February, the conference will see the election of the AU's new chairman - a post which ...