The IGAD Executive Secretary, Ambassador Mahboub Maalim met with a delegation from the United States State Department.The delegation discussed with the ES the US Government support to the IGAD Center of Excellence for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and how this support can be enhanced.

30-03-2017, Djibouti: The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) H.E. Amb (Eng.) Mahboub Maalim signed a grant agreement valued at 36 million Euros this afternoon with Dr. Ralf-Mathias Mohs, Director, East Africa Division – Federal Republic of Germany at the IGAD Secretariat in Djibouti.

25.03.2017, Nairobi, Kenya: The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) H.E. Amb. (Eng.) Mahboub Maalim this morning met with Mr. George Okoth Obbo, Assistant High Commissioner – Operations in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) and other high-level staff from IGAD and UNHCR.

14-03-2017, Djibouti: A high level delegation from the USAID held a kick off meeting with the Executive Secretary; His Excellency Amb (Eng) Mahboub Maalim and staff yesterday of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)  on Regional Development Objectives Grant Agreement (RDOAG) till 2021 for better collaboration, coordination and financing of projects and activities being implemented by IGAD through the support of USAID. 

12-03-2017, Djibouti: The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) H.E Amb (Eng) Mahboub Maalim this morning received and met with the Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Mr. Taye-Brook Zerihoun at the IGAD Secretariat Djibouti.

The Ambassador of Japan, H.E Mr. Shin-ichi Saida, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, also Permanent Representative to the African Union was received on March 3, 2017 by the Executive Secretary of IGAD H.E. Amb (Eng) Mahboub Moalim at the IGAD Peace and Security Division Premises in Addis Ababa.