President Mnangagwa the day long previous by got a varied envoy from his Djibouti counterpart, President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, who has requested reinforce for that nation’s candidate for the African Union Price chairmanship.
Djibouti Foreign Affairs Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssef is one among 4 candidates in the journey to succeed the
incumbent, Moussa Faki, who has held the distance since 2017.
Talking after assembly President Mnangagwa at Snarl Residence in Harare the day long previous by, Djibouti Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, Amina Abidi Aden, acknowledged the seek the advice of with became once meant to drum up reinforce for her nation’s candidate.
“I came here to bring the message of the President of the Republic of Djibouti Ismaïl Omar Guelleh to request the support of the President of Zimbabwe for our candidate for African Union Commission chair during the election which will be held in Addis Ababa next year,” she acknowledged.Ms Aden acknowledged President Mnangagwa had assured them of reinforce for Minister Youssof, who has obtained giant trip at some level of his Twenty years as Foreign Affairs Minister.
“Djibouti’s candidate has the requisite experience to lead the African Union Commission and to implement Agenda 2063 programme of the African Commission and we hope that we will get the support of Zimbabwe,” she added. Minister Youssof is one among 4 candidates vying for the put up along with Kenya’s Raila Odinga, Somalia’s Fawzia Yusuf Adam and Seychelles’ former Vice President Vincent Meriton.
The African Union unanimously agreed in March to grant the Jap Africa spot the steady to nominate the subsequent chairperson of the African Union Price.
This decision marks the fruits of institutional reforms launched in November 2018.The AU Assembly seeks to bolster transparency and meritocracy in the leadership option process, prioritising equitable regional illustration, gender parity, and the recruitment of high talent from across the African continent.
