FALSE: William Ruto is not the only African president who attended the G7 Summit

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Facebook post

claiming that Kenya’s William Ruto is the only African president who attended the G7 Summit in France is FALSE.

“President Ruto is the only African President who is attending the G7 Summit in Évian-les-Bains, France,” the Facebook post reads.

Attached to the Facebook post are four images of President Ruto arriving at the G7 Summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, together with his wife, Rachel Ruto and the Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi.

Though the images are accurate, is the claim that President Ruto is the only African president attending the G7 Summit true?

According to the French Government website, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was also among the guests at the G7 Summit.

A video published online by two different media outlets shows Presidents Ruto and Sisi joining global leaders for the official G7 Summit group photo.

Videos and photos published by credible media outlets and on the Egyptian government website show President Sisi arriving at the summit and being formally welcomed by President Macron. Both President Ruto and President Sisi attended the G7 Summit as invited guests, alongside the leaders of Brazil, India, the Republic of Korea, Ukraine, Qatar, and the UAE.

The summit brought together G7 leaders, EU representatives, and invited guests, including President Ruto. Held from 15–17 June 2026, the summit focused on coordinated responses to global challenges, including economic stability, security, and international cooperation.

PesaCheck has looked into a Facebook post claiming that Kenya’s William Ruto is the only African president who attended the G7 Summit in France and found it to be FALSE.

This post is part of an ongoing series of PesaCheck fact-checks examining content marked as potential misinformation on Facebook and other social media platforms.

By partnering with Facebook and similar social media platforms, third-party fact-checking organisations like PesaCheck are helping to sort fact from fiction. We do this by giving the public deeper insight and context to posts they see in their social media feeds.

Have you spotted what you think is fake or false information on Facebook? Here’s how you can report. And, here’s more information on PesaCheck’s methodology for fact-checking questionable content.

This fact-check was written by PesaCheck fact-checker Naomi Wanjiku and edited by PesaCheck senior copy editor Mary Mutisya and chief copy editor Stephen Ndegwa.

*The article was approved for publication by PesaCheck managing editor Doreen Wainainah. *

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