Raila AUC chair bid advances as 28 votes secured

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga with President Mohamed Ghazouani of Mauritania in the capital Nouakchott on January 24. [Emmanuel Wanson, Standard]

If estimates by Raila Odinga’s African Union Commission (AUC) campaign secretariat are to hold, then the former premier has a realistic chance of victory.

African heads converge in Addis Ababa on February 15 and 16 to elect a replacement for outgoing chairman, Moussa Faki Mahamat, who has served his maximum two terms.