{"id":2000111304,"date":"2026-05-08T11:10:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000111304"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:10:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:10:31","slug":"amb-festus-bizimana-presents-credentials-to-malis-president-goita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/amb-festus-bizimana-presents-credentials-to-malis-president-goita\/","title":{"rendered":"Amb. Festus Bizimana presents credentials to Mali\u2019s President Go\u00efta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The ceremony took place in the capital, Bamako, on May 7, 2026. During his visit, Amb. Bizimana also participated in a meeting bringing together foreign diplomatic representatives in Mali to receive updates on the security situation following attacks that occurred on April 25, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda and Mali maintain strong bilateral relations based on friendship, cooperation, and a shared commitment to further strengthening ties between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2024, Rwanda and Mali signed 19 cooperation agreements covering sectors including justice, mining, oil and gas, agriculture, fisheries, environment, climate change response, tourism development, higher education, transport, and the movement of people and goods, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two countries also cooperate in several other areas, including air transport, under agreements allowing airlines from both nations to use each other\u2019s international airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Amb. Festus Bizimana presented his credentials to Mali\u2019s President Assimi Go\u00efta in Bamako, marking his official accreditation as Rwanda\u2019s ambassador to the West African country.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rwanda\u2019s Ambassador Festus Bizimana presented his credentials to Mali\u2019s President Assimi Go\u00efta in Bamako, also joining diplomatic briefings on the country\u2019s post-attack security situation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Amb. Festus Bizimana has been officially accredited as Rwanda\u2019s ambassador to Mali after presenting his credentials to President Assimi Go\u00efta during a ceremony in Bamako.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rwanda\u2019s Ambassador to Senegal, Festus Bizimana, presented his letters of credence to Mali\u2019s President Assimi Go\u00efta in Bamako, formally accrediting him as Rwanda\u2019s envoy to Mali on May 7, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rwanda\u2019s Ambassador to Senegal, Festus Bizimana, has presented his letters of credence to Mali\u2019s President, Assimi Go\u00efta, accrediting him as Rwanda\u2019s envoy to the West African nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000111306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000111304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-48","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000111306,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goita-3-f2b1d.jpg","alt":"","caption":"Rwanda\u2019s Ambassador to Senegal, Festus Bizimana, presented his letters of credence to Mali\u2019s President Assimi Go\u00efta in Bamako, formally accrediting him as Rwanda\u2019s envoy to Mali on May 7, 2026.","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":668,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goita-3-f2b1d.jpg","width":150,"height":100},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goita-3-f2b1d.jpg","width":300,"height":200},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goita-3-f2b1d.jpg","width":768,"height":513},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goita-3-f2b1d.jpg","width":1000,"height":668},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goita-3-f2b1d.jpg","width":1000,"height":668}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000111304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000111304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000111304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000111310,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000111304\/revisions\/2000111310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000111306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000111304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000111304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000111304"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000111304"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000111304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}