This trip marks the beginning of the international agenda of the head of state in his second term, after being re-elected in the general elections of 24 August.
"President João Lourenço's mission will consist of participating on Monday and Tuesday in the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa, which this year will have its eighth edition", according to the press release.
The theme of the 8th International Forum in Dakar will be "Africa in the face of exogenous shocks: challenges to stability and sovereignty".
