African leaders on Saturday elected Djibouti’s foreign minister to become the next leader of the commission than runs the continent-wide African Union. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf defeated Raila Odinga, a ...

Africa has been ... Senegal’s youngest president signalled that electing young representatives is slowly becoming an acceptable idea in the administration of African countries.

“Now the presidents in Africa are like demigods,” he remarked. “In some countries, presidents are even more respected than God. They wield power far greater than one can imagine.” He ...