{"id":33053,"date":"2026-05-09T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=33053"},"modified":"2026-05-09T14:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:51:00","slug":"president-kiir-joins-other-leaders-as-djiboutis-guelleh-begins-sixth-term-in-office-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=33053","title":{"rendered":"President Kiir Joins Other Leaders as Djibouti\u2019s Guelleh Begins Sixth Term in Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/op.gov.ss\/storage\/news\/93b8e248-180b-48d5-87ee-7be826bf6458.webp\" alt=\"President Kiir Joins Other Leaders as Djibouti\u2019s Guelleh Begins Sixth Term in Office\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Djibouti City, May 9, 2026 &ndash; The President of the Republic, His Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit, joined other world leaders at the inauguration ceremony of the President of Djibouti, Isma&iuml;l Omar Guelleh, who commenced another term of leadership amid an impressive show of regional solidarity and diplomatic engagement.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony, which took place Saturday at the Djibouti International Conference Center, featured several key participants from across the African continent, reflecting the growing role of Djibouti as a regional player in politics, economics, and security.<\/p>\n<p>President Kiir&rsquo;s attendance signals the depth of ties between Juba and Djibouti City, particularly in diplomacy, trade, and regional peace-building efforts.<\/p>\n<p>This inauguration comes at a critical time for the region, as leaders continue to push for increased solidarity, economic integration, and cooperation in addressing security and development challenges across the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Following the swearing-in ceremony, President Kiir and his Djiboutian counterpart, Isma&iuml;l Omar Guelleh, held bilateral talks to discuss strengthening relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Office of the President, Republic of South Sudan (op.gov.ss)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Djibouti City, May 9, 2026 &ndash; The President of the Republic, His Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit, joined other world leaders at the inauguration ceremony of the President of Djibouti, Isma&iuml;l&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-office-of-president"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}