{"id":113375,"date":"2025-10-18T15:33:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T15:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/senegalese-president-expected-in-rwanda"},"modified":"2025-10-18T16:22:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T16:22:58","slug":"senegalese-president-expected-in-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/senegalese-president-expected-in-rwanda","title":{"rendered":"Senegalese president expected in Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is expected in Rwanda today, Friday, October 17, for a working visit to strengthen cooperation between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>The visit is part of a regional tour that will also take him to Kenya. It aims to deepen the bonds of friendship and cooperation between Senegal and the two East African nations.<\/p>\n<p>President Faye and President Paul Kagame last met on August 31 in Dakar, when Kagame attended the Africa Food Systems Forum, a platform for African agriculture and food systems.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, on February 1, the two leaders also held talks focused on strengthening bilateral relations and promoting regional security.<\/p>\n<p>Kagame and Faye have met on several occasions, including during the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in Dakar last May, where they attended a game between Senegal\u2019s AS Douanes and Rwanda\u2019s APR Basketball Club.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda and Senegal have several agreements, including a bilateral air services agreement signed on September 8 to improve air connectivity and boost trade and tourism.<\/p>\n<p>They also collaborate in broadcasting, with the Rwanda Broadcasting Agency (RBA) partnering with Radio Te\u0301le\u0301vision Se\u0301ne\u0301galaise (RTS).<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is expected in Rwanda today, Friday, October 17, for a working visit to strengthen cooperation between the two countries. The visit is part of a regional tour that will also take him to Kenya. It aims to deepen the bonds of friendship and cooperation between Senegal and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":113373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14,772],"tags":[3392,872,8434,758,962],"class_list":["post-113375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-diplomacy","tag-kagame","tag-president-bassirou-diomaye-faye","tag-rwanda","tag-senegal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Senegalese president expected in Rwanda - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is expected in Rwanda today, Friday, October 17, for a working visit to stren ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/senegalese-president-expected-in-rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senegalese president expected in Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is expected in Rwanda today, Friday, October 17, for a working visit to stren ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/senegalese-president-expected-in-rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-18T15:33:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-18T16:22:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/sm_1760791908.256772.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"670\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/senegalese-president-expected-in-rwanda#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/senegalese-president-expected-in-rwanda\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Senegalese president expected in Rwanda\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-18T15:33:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-18T16:22:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/senegalese-president-expected-in-rwanda\"},\"wordCount\":201,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/senegalese-president-expected-in-rwanda#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/sm_1760791908.256772.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"diplomacy\",\"Kagame\",\"President Bassirou Diomaye Faye\",\"Rwanda\",\"Senegal\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"Policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/senegalese-president-expected-in-rwanda#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/senegalese-president-expected-in-rwanda\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/senegalese-president-expected-in-rwanda\",\"name\":\"Senegalese president expected in Rwanda - 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