JUST IN: ADDIS si BABA: Raila Odinga Loses AUC Chairperson Election 

  After several hours of speeches, the African heads of States assembled in Addis Ababa for the 38th ordinary session retreated for a secret ballot to elect the new African Union Commission Chairperson. The election required a two-thirds majority (33 votes) from 48 eligible member states, with Burkina Faso, Mali, and Sudan among seven suspended nations. Djibouti’s Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf emerged as the new Chairperson of the African Union Commission after a grueling 7-round voting process that tested the resolve and alliances of Africa’s top diplomats. The secret ballot, which pitted three heavyweight contenders against one another, witnessed dramatic
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