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Raila AUC chair bid backed by 28 nations, campaign secretariat says

Raila Odinga receives a warm welcome by H.E Mohamed BEN AYED Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad on January 23, 2025. [Emmanuel Wanson, Standard]

In about 11 days, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga will know his fate in his bid to secure the African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson position.

The continent's heads of state are scheduled to vote for Moussa Faki Mahamat's replacement during the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government, which will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 15 and 16.

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