Rwanda: Kagame Endorses Kenya's Raila Odinga for AU Top Job

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President Paul Kagame has said he will endorse Kenyan politician Raila Odinga, one of two candidates who have announced their bid for the chairmanship of the African Union Commission.

Elections for the new AU Commission chairperson to replace the current head, Chadian politician Moussa Faki Mahamat, are scheduled for February 2025.

"He did a good job of that, full grasp of it. We will give him our support, and wish him well," the President said. The chairman of the AU Commission is elected by the continental body's general assembly, for a four-year term that is renewed once.Under the rotational rules drawn in 2018, the Eastern Africa region should be the next to produce the AU Commission Chairperson. But the rules of elections allow as many candidates to come from the regionSo far, Odinga and Adam are the only who have announced their bids to head the continental body.

 

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