{"id":67950,"date":"2025-02-16T08:54:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T08:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/djiboutis-foreign-minister-elected-chairman-of-african-union"},"modified":"2025-02-20T15:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:15:07","slug":"djiboutis-foreign-minister-elected-chairman-of-african-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/djiboutis-foreign-minister-elected-chairman-of-african-union","title":{"rendered":"Djibouti\u2019s foreign minister elected chairman of African Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>African leaders have elected Djibouti\u2019s Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, to chair the African Union commission.<\/p>\n<p>Djibouti\u2019s finance minister, Ilyas Dawaleh, revealed this on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Youssouf won the required support of two-thirds of the region\u2019s leaders in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa to secure the post, representing some 1.5 billion Africans across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>The multilingual politician who speaks Arabic, English and French remains close to Djibouti\u2019s leader Ismail Omar Guelleh.<\/p>\n<p>Guelleh, in a post on X, called his minister\u2019s election a proud moment for Djibouti and Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Youssouf has been foreign minister since 2005, was previously Djibouti\u2019s ambassador to Egypt and has served as foreign minister in the governments of three presidents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Malawi<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. African leaders have elected Djibouti\u2019s Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, to chair the African Union commission. Djibouti\u2019s finance minister, Ilyas Dawaleh, revealed this on Saturday. 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