(IGAD – Djibouti) A three person mission from the European Commission paid a working  visit to the IGAD secretariat on 7 December.

(IGAD  - Djibouti) On Sunday November 23, 2008 Mr. Daniel Yifru, Director of IGAD Peace and Security Division accepted the letter of credence from H.E. Mr. Mull Sebujja Katende, Uganda’s Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti who is also the Permanent Representative to the AU, IGAD and UNECA.

 

(IGAD - Djibouti) The president of the Republic of Djibouti, Mr. Ismail Omar Guelleh received the Executive Secretary of IGAD, Eng. Mahboub Maalim. The parties discussed about the economic and security issues of the region, and the Somali peace process in particular.

Today the Acting Minister for Finance of the Republic of Kenya, Hon John Michuki signed a financing agreement with the IGAD Secretariat for the implementation of a regional HIV and AIDS project in the country.

(Kampala, 16 September 2008) Eng. Mahboub Maalim, the Executive Secretary today held talks with the Hon. Minister Syda Bumba, Minister of Gender, Labor  and Social Development at her office. Eng. Mahboub thanked the Uganda government for agreeing to receive his delegation, and also for having supported his candidature for the Executive Secretary post. He briefed the minister on the revitalization of IGAD, the drawing up of a minimum integration plan that are underway at the Secretariat. He assured the Minister that gender programmes are fully integrated in the IGAD development strategy.

(IGAD - Djibouti) In continuation of his familiarisation tour around the region, the IGAD Executive Secretary, Eng. Mahboub Maalim visited, on Sunday 31^st August 2008, the Djibouti Regional Livestock Quarantine located at Damerjog, some 10 km from Djibouti town on the way to Somalia. He was in the company of Mr. Ali Haribou, the FAO Representative to Djibouti and to IGAD. They were led around by the Director of the Livestock Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and the Sea, Dr. Moussa Ibrahim and the Quarantine Technical Manager, Prof. Babiker Abbas.