{"id":48,"date":"2026-06-18T07:25:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T05:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=48"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:12:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:12:56","slug":"president-kiir-joins-other-leaders-as-djiboutis-guelleh-begins-sixth-term-in-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=48","title":{"rendered":"President Kiir Joins Other Leaders as Djibouti\u2019s Guelleh Begins Sixth Term in Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1013\" src=\"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fb1c92a4-2e8a-49f2-b909-d1be874756a2.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-156\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fb1c92a4-2e8a-49f2-b909-d1be874756a2.webp 1800w, http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fb1c92a4-2e8a-49f2-b909-d1be874756a2-300x169.webp 300w, http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fb1c92a4-2e8a-49f2-b909-d1be874756a2-1024x576.webp 1024w, http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fb1c92a4-2e8a-49f2-b909-d1be874756a2-768x432.webp 768w, http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fb1c92a4-2e8a-49f2-b909-d1be874756a2-1536x864.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/figure>\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","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":156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","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=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}