{"id":384305,"date":"2026-08-18T18:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/384305\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:25:14","slug":"museveni-bids-farewell-to-outgoing-sudanese-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/384305\/","title":{"rendered":"Museveni Bids Farewell to Outgoing Sudanese Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has bid farewell to Sudan\u2019s outgoing Ambassador to Uganda, Ahmed Ibrahim, following the completion of his four-year tour of duty.<\/p>\n<p>President Museveni received Ambassador Ibrahim at State House Entebbe on Tuesday for a farewell meeting, during which the diplomat expressed appreciation for the Ugandan Government and people for the support and hospitality extended to him and Sudanese nationals during his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim said he had come to regard Uganda as a second home, particularly praising Uganda\u2019s solidarity with Sudan following the outbreak of conflict in April 2023.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-135017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HQAfJKiWgAAsBAk-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>He commended Uganda for hosting Sudanese nationals who sought refuge in the country amid the conflict, describing the gesture as a reflection of the longstanding friendship and solidarity between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador said the support extended by Uganda during the crisis would remain deeply appreciated by the Sudanese people and contribute to strengthening bilateral relations.<\/p>\n<p>President Museveni thanked Ibrahim for his service and contribution to strengthening relations between Uganda and Sudan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-135015\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HQAfJKhWgAEkazO-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>He wished the outgoing envoy success in his future assignments.<\/p>\n<p>The farewell meeting comes as Uganda and Sudan seek to maintain their longstanding diplomatic and people-to-people ties amid the continuing conflict in Sudan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has bid farewell to Sudan\u2019s outgoing Ambassador to Uganda, Ahmed Ibrahim, following the completion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[58],"tags":[183954,1202,187,188,324,190,153],"class_list":["post-384305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uganda","tag-ambassador-ahmed-ibrahim","tag-museveni","tag-softpower","tag-softpower-news","tag-sudan","tag-top-uganda-news","tag-uganda"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/117117919970613208","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}