{"id":37913,"date":"2018-07-26T11:10:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T11:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/mushikiwabo-lobbies-drc-for-oif-top-office\/"},"modified":"2018-07-28T11:13:59","modified_gmt":"2018-07-28T11:13:59","slug":"mushikiwabo-lobbies-drc-for-oif-top-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/mushikiwabo-lobbies-drc-for-oif-top-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Mushikiwabo lobbies DRC for OIF top office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Accompanied by the AU high representative for Financing of the union and the peace fund at the Security council, Mushikiwabo arrived in DRC on Wednesday and welcomed by her Congolese counterpart, L\u00e9onard She Okitundu. <\/p>\n<p>According to twitter handle for Mushikiwabo\u2019s campaign activities, she discussed her candidacy with DRC President Joseph Kabila who expressed his full support.<\/p>\n<p>Kabila emphasized the importance of having African countries united by La Francophonie in the upcoming elections in Erevan, Armenia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis visit in DRC (the biggest country in La Francophonie) is an essential stage is in her intention to reach a maximum of OIF member countries before the final in Erevan,\u201d a tweet reads.<\/p>\n<p>On July 11th, Mushikiwabo submitted her candidacy to Madagascar President, Hery Rajaonarimampianina who is also the sitting president of La Francophonie.<\/p>\n<p>Early this month, the African Head of States and Governments expressed their support Mushikiwabo\u2019s candidature. <\/p>\n<p>Mushikiwabo\u2019s Candidacy against a Canadian Micha\u00eblle Jean who heads the organization since 2014, continues to get many supporters as it was openly supported by France President Emmanuel Macron in May when President Paul Kagame was visiting France.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26373 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/di-_ukiw0agm1eu-e87e7.jpg\" alt=\"Mushikiwabo meets DRC President Joseph Kabila\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26372 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/di-ovt7xsaes6uq-e827b.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-26371 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/di9lrqgx4aadgwb-4bd1e.jpg\" alt=\"Mushikiwabo was welcomed by  Congolese Foreign Affairs Minister, L\u00e9onard She Okitundu\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and East African Community Affairs, Louise Mushikiwabo is in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seeking support for her candidature on the post of the Secretary General of the Organisation of French Speaking Countries (OIF) commonly known as La Francophonie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-37913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","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 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