Djibouti’s Mahmoud Youssouf has clinched the top seat as the new Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) after ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African leaders elected Djibouti’s foreign minister to become the next leader of the commission than runs the continent-wide African Union.

The African Union (AU) as currently structured is the result of a transformation journey that saw the Organization of African Unity (OAU) evolve into the African Union (AU) in 2002.

Outgoing AUC chairperson Moussa Faki apologises for ‘missed opportunities and mistakes’ during his 8-year tenure, marked by ...

The escalating conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo will dominate an African Union summit opening Saturday, with the DRC ...

Djiboutian diplomat Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Kenyan former prime minister Raila Amolo Odinga, and former Malagasy foreign ...

As the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo reaches a critical juncture, pressure is mounting on the African ...