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Kenya's Odinga declares interest in AU Commission chairmanship

STORY: Kenya's Odinga declares interest in AU Commission chairmanship SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 15, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of AU headquarters 2. various of the Raila Odinga and Olusegun Obasanjo 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RAILA ODINGA, Former Kenyan Prime minister 4. various of AU meetings 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): OLUSEGUN OBASANJO, Former Nigerian President 6. various of AU headquarters STORYLINE: Kenyan veteran politician Raila Odinga on Thursday officially declared his interest in the chairmanship of the African Union Commission (AUC). Odinga, the former prime minister of Kenya from 2008 to 2013, made the announcement in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, saying that he was ready to contest the AUC chairmanship position after consulting with friends across the continent. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RAILA ODINGA, Former Kenyan Prime minister "Should the leadership of Africa want my services, I am ready to offer myself to be of serv

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Emperor meets with Obasanjo

TOKYO, Japan - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo (R) and Emperor Akihito pose for photographs at the beginning of their meeting at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 2. (Pool photo)

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Koizumi offers Nigeria support in eradicating poverty

TOKYO, Japan - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pose for photographs prior to their talks in Tokyo on Nov. 2. Koizumi offered to help Nigeria tackle economic and social problems such as poverty, famine and a high infant mortality rate.

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(1)Koizumi pledges Africa aid

TOKYO, Japan - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo (L) shakes hands with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at a Tokyo hotel Sept. 28. Obasanjo and other African leaders are in Japan to attend the Third Tokyo International Conference on African Development. (Pool photo)

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Nigerian presidential voting starts in tight security

ABEOKUTA, Nigeria - President Olusegun Obasanjo casts his ballot in the southwestern Nigerian city of Abeokuta on April 19 as voting in the country's presidential election began in tight security. The election is widely viewed as a litmus test for democracy in Africa's most populous country.

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(1)G-8 addresses terror by Africa aid, nonproliferation

KANANASKIS, Canada - Leaders of Group of Eight nations, four African countries and the head of the United Nations at the Canadian Rocky Mountains resort of Kananaskis, Alberta, on June 27 after their meeting. In front starting on the left, South African President Thabo Mbeki, French President Jacques Chirac, Nigerian President Olesegun Obasanjo, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade. In back starting on the left, Spanish Prime Minister Maria Aznar, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President George W. Bush, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and European Commission President Romano Prodi.

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Mori meets with Obasanjo

NEW YORK, United States - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo pose for picture prior to their talks on the sidelines of a U.N. special session on AIDS/HIV which opened in New York on June 25.

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Emperor meets Nigerian president

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) meets Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 23. Obasanjo arrived in Japan on May 21 for a three-day official working visit aimed at strengthening bilateral relations.(Pool photo)

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Koizumi meets resident Obasanjo

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo (L) pose for photographers prior to their talks at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on May 22.

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Tanaka meets Nigerian Pres. Obasanjo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka shakes hand with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo at the state guesthouse in Tokyo on May 21. Obasanjo arrived earlier in the day on a 3-day official visit.

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Nigerian president asks Japan to help Africa combat AIDS

ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, in an interview with Kyodo News at the presidential office in Abuja on May 17, asks Japan to financially assist African countries combating HIV/AIDS. Obasanjo will make a three-day visit to Japan beginning May 21.

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Mori meets with Nigerian president, seeks U.N. reform

ABUJA, Nigeria - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) confers with Nigerian President Olesegun Obasanjo in the presidential office in Abuja on Jan. 12.

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Leaders of developing world hold joint press confab

TOKYO, Japan - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and South African President Thado Mbeki (from L to R) hold a joint news conference at a Tokyo hotel on July 20. They urged their counterparts from the Group of Eight (G-8) major nations to make commitments at their Okinawa summit to help poor nations fight poverty and to assist them in developing.

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Nigerian President-elect Obasanjo arrives in Tokyo

Nigerian President-elect Olusegun Obasanjo (C) is greeted by Japanese government officials on his arrival at Narita international airport April 14. Obasanjo came to Japan for a two-day visit as part of his global tour of Europe, the United States, Asia and other African countries.

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SOUTH AFRICA-PRETORIA-ETHIOPIA-CEASEFIRE

(221103) -- PRETORIA, Nov. 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Olusegun Obasanjo, the African Union (AU) high representative for the Horn of Africa and former president of Nigeria, attends a press briefing on the outcomes of the AU-led negotiation in Pretoria, South Africa, Nov. 2, 2022. The Ethiopian government and the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) on Wednesday announced an agreement to end a two-year-long conflict in Northern Ethiopia. (Photo by Alet Pretorius/Xinhua)

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Koizumi offers Nigeria support in eradicating poverty

TOKYO, Japan - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pose for photographs prior to their talks in Tokyo on Nov. 2. Koizumi offered to help Nigeria tackle economic and social problems such as poverty, famine and a high infant mortality rate. (Kyodo)

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Emperor meets with Obasanjo

TOKYO, Japan - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo (R) and Emperor Akihito pose for photographs at the beginning of their meeting at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 2. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Koizumi meets resident Obasanjo

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo (L) pose for photographers prior to their talks at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on May 22.

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Tanaka meets Nigerian Pres. Obasanjo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka shakes hand with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo at the state guesthouse in Tokyo on May 21. Obasanjo arrived earlier in the day on a 3-day official visit.

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(1)G-8 addresses terror by Africa aid, nonproliferation

KANANASKIS, Canada - Leaders of Group of Eight nations, four African countries and the head of the United Nations at the Canadian Rocky Mountains resort of Kananaskis, Alberta, on June 27 after their meeting. In front starting on the left, South African President Thabo Mbeki, French President Jacques Chirac, Nigerian President Olesegun Obasanjo, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade. In back starting on the left, Spanish Prime Minister Maria Aznar, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President George W. Bush, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and European Commission President Romano Prodi.

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(1)Koizumi pledges Africa aid

TOKYO, Japan - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo (L) shakes hands with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at a Tokyo hotel Sept. 28. Obasanjo and other African leaders are in Japan to attend the Third Tokyo International Conference on African Development. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Nigerian presidential voting starts in tight security

ABEOKUTA, Nigeria - President Olusegun Obasanjo casts his ballot in the southwestern Nigerian city of Abeokuta on April 19 as voting in the country's presidential election began in tight security. The election is widely viewed as a litmus test for democracy in Africa's most populous country. (Kyodo)

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Mori meets with Obasanjo

NEW YORK, United States - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo pose for picture prior to their talks on the sidelines of a U.N. special session on AIDS/HIV which opened in New York on June 25.

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Emperor meets Nigerian president

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) meets Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 23. Obasanjo arrived in Japan on May 21 for a three-day official working visit aimed at strengthening bilateral relations.

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Nigerian president asks Japan to help Africa combat AIDS

ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, in an interview with Kyodo News at the presidential office in Abuja on May 17, asks Japan to financially assist African countries combating HIV/AIDS. Obasanjo will make a three-day visit to Japan beginning May 21.

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Mori meets with Nigerian president, seeks U.N. reform

ABUJA, Nigeria - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) confers with Nigerian President Olesegun Obasanjo in the presidential office in Abuja on Jan. 12.

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Leaders of developing world hold joint press confab

TOKYO, Japan - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and South African President Thado Mbeki (from L to R) hold a joint news conference at a Tokyo hotel on July 20. They urged their counterparts from the Group of Eight (G-8) major nations to make commitments at their Okinawa summit to help poor nations fight poverty and to assist them in developing.

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Nigerian President-elect Obasanjo arrives in Tokyo

Nigerian President-elect Olusegun Obasanjo (C) is greeted by Japanese government officials on his arrival at Narita international airport April 14. Obasanjo came to Japan for a two-day visit as part of his global tour of Europe, the United States, Asia and other African countries. ==Kyodo