{"id":131000,"date":"2026-02-13T14:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/president-ruto-arrives-in-addis-ababa-ahead-of-39th-ordinary-session-of-african-union-assembly\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:02:45","slug":"president-ruto-arrives-in-addis-ababa-ahead-of-39th-ordinary-session-of-african-union-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/president-ruto-arrives-in-addis-ababa-ahead-of-39th-ordinary-session-of-african-union-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ruto arrives in Addis Ababa ahead of 39th Ordinary Session of African Union Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>President <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">William Ruto<\/span><\/span> has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to participate in the 39th Ordinary Session of the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">African Union<\/span><\/span> (AU) Assembly, convened amid global uncertainty and economic shifts. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Summit will set continental priorities and advance Agenda 2063.<\/p>\n<p>As AU Champion for Institutional Reform, President Ruto will present a progress report on strengthening the Union\u2019s effectiveness, credibility, and financial sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>He will also chair the Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) and table its report, reinforcing Africa\u2019s common position on climate action, adaptation, resilience, and climate finance.<\/p>\n<p>The President will further chair the inaugural <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">African Continental Free Trade Area<\/span><\/span> (AfCFTA) Committee meeting, underscoring Kenya\u2019s commitment to deeper regional integration and expanded intra-African trade.<\/p>\n<p>On the margins of the Summit, President Ruto will hold bilateral engagements to advance partnerships in trade, investment, health, and security, and to mobilise support for Kenya\u2019s national transformation agenda.<\/p>\n<p>This includes infrastructure development, agro-industrial growth supported by expanded irrigation, and enhanced energy security.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/president-ruto-arrives-in-addis-ababa-ahead-of-39th-ordinary-session-of-african-union-assembly\/\">President Ruto arrives in Addis Ababa ahead of 39th Ordinary Session of African Union Assembly<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President William Ruto has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to participate in the 39th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly, convened amid global uncertainty and economic shifts. The Summit will set continental priorities and advance Agenda 2063. As AU Champion for Institutional Reform, President Ruto will present a progress report on strengthening the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}