{"id":35638,"date":"2017-08-18T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/over-20-heads-of-state-government-in-rwanda-for\/"},"modified":"2017-08-18T09:59:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T09:59:35","slug":"over-20-heads-of-state-government-in-rwanda-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/over-20-heads-of-state-government-in-rwanda-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 20 Heads of State, Government in Rwanda for Kagame&#8217;s inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{About 20 Heads of State and Government as well as representatives of various governments and organizations are at Amahoro stadium for the inauguration of President Paul  Kagame who is taking Oath this Friday.}<\/p>\n<p>On, Thursday, Kigali International Airport was very busy with different Presidents and delegates arriving for the inauguration ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The Central Africa Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera was the first continental President to arrive followed by Brahim Ghali of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.<\/p>\n<p>The Djibouti President, Ismail Omar Guelleh, followed shortly after, just ahead of Niger\u2019s President Mahamadou Issoufou. Former Tanzania president Benjamin Mkapa is around for the ceremony. Prime Minister of S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe Patrice Emery Trovoada also arrived yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The other  delegates who arrived yesterday include the Vice President of Cote d&#8217;Ivoire Daniel Kablan Duncan, the African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki, Speaker of the DR Congo Parliament Aubin Minaku, former Botswana President Festus Mogae and, Prime Minister of Madagascar Olivier Mahafaly Solonandrasana<\/p>\n<p>Other Heads of State and Governments who had arrived included: Presidents Macky Sall of Senegal, Edgar Lungu of Zambia, Sassou Nguesso of Congo, and Hage Geingob of Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>Kagame takes the oath two weeks after he was re-elected into office after winning with a landslide victory of 98.7 per cent beating, and Philippe Mpayimana, an independent candidate, and opposition party leader Frank Habineza, of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-21466 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/8-34.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-21465 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/6-43.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-21464 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/3-73.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{About 20 Heads of State and Government as well as representatives of various governments and organizations are at Amahoro stadium for the inauguration of President Paul Kagame who is taking Oath this Friday.} On, Thursday, Kigali International Airport was very busy with different Presidents and delegates arriving for the inauguration ceremony. 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