{"id":51780,"date":"2026-05-13T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=51780"},"modified":"2026-07-20T21:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T21:42:07","slug":"president-kiir-receives-warm-welcome-home-after-regional-visits-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=51780","title":{"rendered":"President Kiir Receives Warm Welcome Home After Regional Visits"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.has-drop-cap:first-letter{font-size:4em;line-height:0.8;font-weight:bold;float:left;padding-right:8px;color:#DC2626}<\/style>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Juba, May 13, 2026 &mdash; His Excellency President Salva Kiir Mayardit returned to Juba on Wednesday morning following official visits to Djibouti and Uganda, where he attended the inauguration ceremonies of President Ismail Omar Guelleh and President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. During the visits, President Kiir also held bilateral talks focused on regional cooperation, peace, and stability.<\/p>\n<p>At Juba International Airport, the President was warmly received by senior government officials, SPLM leaders, and supporters, who welcomed him with traditional dances and chants of support ahead of the December 2026 elections.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>Source: Office of the President, Republic of South Sudan. Additional context and analysis by Juba Global News Network.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:30px 0;padding:20px;background:#f8f9fa;border-radius:8px;text-align:center\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 15px;font-size:16px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Stay Connected with Juba Global News Network<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:12px;justify-content:center;flex-wrap:wrap\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@jubaglobal?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;padding:12px 24px;background:#FF0000;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:6px;font-weight:600;font-size:14px\">&#9654; Subscribe on YouTube<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jubaglobal\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;padding:12px 24px;background:#1877F2;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:6px;font-weight:600;font-size:14px\">&#128077; Follow on Facebook<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juba, May 13, 2026 &mdash; His Excellency President Salva Kiir Mayardit returned to Juba on Wednesday morning following official visits to Djibouti and Uganda, where he attended the inauguration ceremonies&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-office-of-president"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51780","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=51780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51782,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51780\/revisions\/51782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}