Foreign Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo was yesterday endorsed as the leader of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), a grouping of some 84 countries that has the French language as the main unifying factor.

Mushikiwabo shares a light moment with Presidents Denis Sassou Nguesso of Republic of Congo (left) and Idriss Déby Itno of Chad at the Francophonie Heads of State and Government Summit in Yerevan, Armenia. Courtesy photos.

Mushikiwabo was approved by the Heads of State and Government Summit that ended Friday Yerevan, Armenia.