Kenya’s candidate for African Union Commission chairman Raila Odinga has lined up back-to-back campaigns as the race for the continent’s top job goes down to the wire.
Raila is to pitch tent in Francophone countries, nations some analysts have said could have a soft spot for his main rival, Djibouti’s Mahamoud Ali Youssouf.
The AU elections by secret ballot will take place in February 2025 during the African Union Summit. The AU has 55 member states.
All the eight senior leadership positions of the AU Commission are open, guided by regional allocation. They include the chairperson, deputy chairperson and six commissioners.
They serve four-year terms, renewable once. A campaign calendar shared by Raila’s head of campaigns Ambassador Elkanah Odembo shows tours across multiple French-speaking countries.
