Djibouti's foreign minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf speaks during an interview at the Embassy of Djibouti in Addis Ababa, on December 11, 2024. (AFP)

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 AFRICAN UNION 

Djibouti's foreign minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has won a highly competitive and strategically significant African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship race.

He beat his