{"id":2000113087,"date":"2026-05-25T16:17:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000113087"},"modified":"2026-05-25T16:17:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:17:39","slug":"premier-nsengiyumva-urges-rwandan-community-in-benin-to-strengthen-cooperation-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/premier-nsengiyumva-urges-rwandan-community-in-benin-to-strengthen-cooperation-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier Nsengiyumva urges Rwandan community in Benin to strengthen cooperation opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dr. Nsengiyumva met members of the Rwandan community during his visit to Benin, where he attended the inauguration ceremony of President Romuald Wadagni on Sunday in the city of Cotonou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As confirmed by Rwanda\u2019s office of the Prime Minister, Dr. Nsengiyumva also commended the community for its contribution to relations between Rwanda and Benin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inauguration ceremony of President Romuald Wadagni took place at the Congress Palace in Cotonou and brought together more than 6,000 guests, including former presidents, senior government officials and members of the diplomatic corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wadagni secured victory in the April 12, 2026 presidential election with more than 94% of the vote and officially began his seven-year constitutional term on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before Dorothe Sossa, president of the Constitutional Court, Wadagni pledged to serve and defend Benin, respect the Constitution and promote peace, national unity and the common good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also committed to safeguarding the country\u2019s territorial integrity and serving the people faithfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda and Benin maintain cordial bilateral relations, with cooperation spanning sectors such as security, trade promotion and other areas of development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Nsengiyumva met members of the Rwandan community during his visit to Benin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Nsengiyumva also commended the community for its contribution to relations between Rwanda and Benin.
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Rwandan Prime Minister Dr. Justin Nsengiyumva has encouraged the Rwandan community living in Benin to continue playing a role in strengthening relations and expanding cooperation opportunities between the two countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000113092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000113087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diaspora","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":2000113092,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aaaap.jpg","alt":"","caption":"Dr. Nsengiyumva also commended the community for its contribution to relations between Rwanda and Benin.\n","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":726,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aaaap.jpg","width":150,"height":109},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aaaap.jpg","width":300,"height":218},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aaaap.jpg","width":768,"height":558},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aaaap.jpg","width":1000,"height":726},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aaaap.jpg","width":1000,"height":726}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000113087","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=2000113087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000113087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000113094,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000113087\/revisions\/2000113094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000113092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000113087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000113087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000113087"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000113087"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000113087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}