African Union leadership: Who can best fix Africa's problems?
With mixed reviews at home, Kenyan political heavyweight Raila Odinga is a main contender as Africa's top diplomat. What does he bring to the table? What do people in Kenya think? What about the other candidates?
As the African Union (AU) prepares to elect its next commission chairperson in February, three key contenders are now in the spotlight to fill Africa's top diplomatic seat.
There's Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, a seasoned diplomat who is used to navigating the shadows of power. He's up agaionst Madagascar's former Foreign Minister Richard Randriamandrato, an economist promising to reshape the whole continent's future in a new image.
But leading the race is Kenyan political heavyweight Raila Odinga, a political warrior who however still has a reckoning with unfinished battles at home.
Each of the men has a different vision for the continent, and each claims to bring the required experience to the job. But who among them can truly say he's got what it takes to steer Africa through its next chapter?
Odinga's legacy: Division in Kenya but support across Africa
Cover photo: The headquarters of the African Union in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa are the diplomatic heart of the African continent
