The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has written to all 16 member states seeking support for Madagascar's candidate in the race to succeed African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki. The race has three candidates: Kenya's Raila Odinga, Madagascar's Richard Randriamandrato and Djibouti's Mahamoud Ali Youssouf.
Raila, the only East African candidate, is facing the two other contenders-Djibouti's Foreign Affairs Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf and former Madagascar Foreign Affairs Minister Richard Randriamandrato. The Republic of Madagascar has emerged as the sole candidate from the SADC region for the position after Mauritius withdrew its candidature. Richard J.
Randriamandrato, a former foreign affairs minister of Madagascar, has been shortlisted as the candidate.
The SADC Secretariat has written to member states seeking their support for his bid. "We have since learnt that Mauritius has withdrawn its candidature, leaving Madagascar as the only member state from the SADC region to compete for the position," said Elias M.
