{"id":57183,"date":"2026-02-13T17:53:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/pm-nsengiyumva-represents-president-kagame-at-au-summit-in-ethiopia\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T10:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:21:22","slug":"pm-nsengiyumva-represents-president-kagame-at-au-summit-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/pm-nsengiyumva-represents-president-kagame-at-au-summit-in-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Nsengiyumva represents President Kagame at AU Summit in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The summit, taking place from February 14\u201315, 2026, is being held under the theme: \u201cAssuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063.\u201d It marks the pinnacle of the AU Summit and brings together African leaders to deliberate on key political, security and development priorities.<\/p>\n

Upon arrival at Bole International Airport, the Prime Minister was received by Ethiopia\u2019s Minister of Peace, Mohamed Edris, and State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Berhanu Tsegaye.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s theme places water security at the center of Africa\u2019s transformation agenda. With more than 400 million Africans lacking access to clean water, leaders are expected to discuss sustainable water management and sanitation systems as essential pillars for public health, climate resilience and conflict prevention. The discussions align with Agenda 2063, the AU\u2019s long-term blueprint for inclusive growth and prosperity.<\/p>\n

Beyond the thematic focus, the Assembly is expected to address high-stakes political and security issues. Leaders will review the situation in Sudan and South Sudan, deliberate on developments in the Sahel region, and appoint 10 new members to the Peace and Security Council, the AU organ responsible for decisions on peace operations and sanctions.<\/p>\n

The summit also marks a leadership transition within the Union, as Angola hands over the rotating AU Chairpersonship for 2026 to Burundi.<\/p>\n

On the margins of the summit, Prime Minister Nsengiyumva will attend the second Italy\u2013Africa Summit on February 13, which will assess progress under Italy\u2019s Mattei Plan aimed at strengthening political and economic partnerships with African countries.<\/p>\n

On February 15, he is scheduled to participate in the AU High-Level Ad Hoc Committee on South Sudan, where regional leaders are expected to review the evolving security situation, assess progress in the implementation of the peace agreement, and deliberate on coordinated efforts to prevent further escalation of tensions.<\/p>\n

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Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva arrived in Addis Ababa on Friday to represent President Paul Kagame at the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000102116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-57183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-48","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":2000102116,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/hbc7lkiawaa1jiu.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/hbc7lkiawaa1jiu.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/hbc7lkiawaa1jiu.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/hbc7lkiawaa1jiu.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/hbc7lkiawaa1jiu.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/hbc7lkiawaa1jiu.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57183","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=57183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000102116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57183"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=57183"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=57183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}