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Africa must shed Anglophone and Francophone tags to make progress

President William Ruto Rt Hon Raila Odinga at AUC Headquarters shortly after the election.[Emmanuel Wanson]

The African Union Commission (AUC) elections, in which former Prime Minister Raila Odinga lost to Djibouti's Mohamed Yousuf in Addis Ababa on February 15, 2025, exposed unresolved issues in the continent.

The elections demonstrated that Africa's Heads of State have always been influenced by geopolitical factors and not the interests of Africans while choosing a person to steer the continent's agenda.

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