{"id":47413,"date":"2026-10-06T17:39:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47413"},"modified":"2026-10-06T17:39:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:39:59","slug":"au-congratulates-ethiopias-pm-on-re-election","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/au-congratulates-ethiopias-pm-on-re-election\/","title":{"rendered":"AU congratulates Ethiopia\u2019s PM on re-election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has extended congratulations to Ethiopia\u2019s Prime Minister (PM) Abiy Ahmed on his re-election, expressing the continental body&#8217;s commitment to continued collaboration with the Horn of Africa nation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting Ethiopia\u2019s position as host to the AU headquarters, Chairperson Youssouf noted that the nation holds a central place in continental diplomacy, integration, and development initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The congratulations come against a backdrop of complex regional security challenges, including internal instability in the Tigray region. The AU Commission reiterated its growing concern over heightened geopolitical friction involving Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a formal statement, the AU urged leadership in Addis Ababa, Asmara, and Cairo to exercise maximum restraint and avoid actions or rhetoric that could exacerbate instability across the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Regional leaders have also welcomed the election outcome. Kenyan President William Ruto commended the result as a vote of confidence in Abiy&#8217;s administration, wishing him success in steering Ethiopia&#8217;s national transformation and development agenda.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15139,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-47413","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"AU Commission Chairperson congratulates Abiy Ahmed on parliamentary re-election","published_date":"2026-10-06 17:39:17","news_description":"AU Commission Chairperson congratulates Abiy Ahmed on parliamentary re-election","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47414,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47413\/revisions\/47414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}