{"id":2000123851,"date":"2026-08-27T18:38:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000123851"},"modified":"2026-08-27T18:40:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:40:36","slug":"kagame-bids-farewell-to-outgoing-world-bank-canadian-envoys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kagame-bids-farewell-to-outgoing-world-bank-canadian-envoys\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagame bids farewell to outgoing World Bank, Canadian envoys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kagame first met Sahr Kpundeh, the outgoing World Bank Country Manager for Rwanda, for a farewell meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their discussions focused on Rwanda\u2019s longstanding partnership with the World Bank and continued collaboration in support of the country\u2019s development priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kpundeh has served as the World Bank\u2019s Country Manager for Rwanda, working with the government on development programmes and initiatives across various sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Discussions with the outgoing World Bank representative focused on Rwanda\u2019s longstanding partnership with the World Bank and continued collaboration in support of the country\u2019s development priorities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Later in the afternoon, Kagame received Julie Crowley, the outgoing High Commissioner of Canada to Rwanda, as she concludes her tour of duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two discussed Rwanda-Canada relations and efforts to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in areas of mutual interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meetings come as both Kpundeh and Crowley conclude their respective assignments in Rwanda, with Kagame reflecting on the partnerships between Rwanda and the institutions and countries they represented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President Kagame also received Julie Crowley, the outgoing High Commissioner of Canada to Rwanda, as she concludes her tour of duty.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The two discussed Rwanda-Canada relations and efforts to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in areas of mutual interest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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President Paul Kagame on Thursday received two outgoing envoys representing the World Bank and Canada in separate farewell meetings at Urugwiro Village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000123855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[151],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000123851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-editors-choice","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":2000123855,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HQvRq8dWAAAPAdf.jpeg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":2048,"height":1777,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HQvRq8dWAAAPAdf.jpeg","width":2048,"height":1777},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HQvRq8dWAAAPAdf.jpeg","width":2048,"height":1777},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HQvRq8dWAAAPAdf.jpeg","width":2048,"height":1777},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HQvRq8dWAAAPAdf.jpeg","width":2048,"height":1777},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/HQvRq8dWAAAPAdf.jpeg","width":2048,"height":1777}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000123851","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\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000123851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000123851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000123856,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000123851\/revisions\/2000123856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000123855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000123851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000123851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000123851"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000123851"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000123851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}