{"id":31558,"date":"2026-04-11T16:21:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T14:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31558"},"modified":"2026-04-11T16:21:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T14:21:50","slug":"au-congratulates-djibouti-president-on-re-election","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/au-congratulates-djibouti-president-on-re-election\/","title":{"rendered":"AU congratulates Djibouti President on re-election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has congratulated Ismail Omar Guelleh on his re-election as President of Djibouti.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Youssouf said the AU takes note of the official results announced by the country\u2019s electoral authority, confirming the outcome of the presidential vote.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He also commended the people of Djibouti for what he described as peaceful participation in the election, highlighting their commitment to democratic governance, national unity and stability.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The AU further recognised Djibouti\u2019s role in promoting peace, security and co-operation in the Horn of Africa, reaffirming its support for the continent\u2019s long-term development goals under Agenda 2063.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Youssouf also praised the AU Election Observation Mission for its work, and acknowledged the leadership of Bernard Makuza, who led the mission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He extended his best wishes to Guelleh for a successful new term in office.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica\/AU&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20854,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-31558","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has congratulated Ismail Omar Guelleh on his re-election as President of Djibouti.","published_date":"2026-04-11 15:51:00","news_description":"Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has congratulated Ismail Omar Guelleh on his re-election as President of Djibouti.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31559,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31558\/revisions\/31559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}