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Ethiopia–Uganda Bilateral Workshop Advances Joint Action Against Human Trafficking and Smuggling

November 21, 2025
November 18–20,2025 (ENTEBBE, Uganda): The IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD-SSP) convened a three-day bilateral workshop bringing together senior officials from…
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IGAD Celebrating the Silver-Jubilee of The Palermo Convention against Transnational Crime on the occasion of the International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational Organized Crime

November 13, 2025
The date of this commemoration was not chosen at random. On 15 November 2000, the General Assembly adopted the United…
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IGAD Successfully Concludes Capacity Building Training Workshop for Ethiopia on Post-Conflict Transition

August 23, 2025
August 23, 2025 (Bishoftu, Ethiopia): the Peace and Security Division successfully concluded a three-day capacity-building training workshop on post-conflict transition. The…
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IGAD SSP Holds a Regional Workshop on Enhancing the knowledge, skills, and application of international legal instruments on transnational security threats

July 15, 2025
July 10, 2025 (BISHOFTU, Ethiopia): The IGAD Security Sector Programme (SSP) has successfully conducted a Regional Workshop on enhancing the…
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IGAD Concludes the Regional Consultative Seminar on Harnessing AI and Cybersecurity for Security, Cooperation, and Resilience

June 20, 2025
June 18-20, 2025 (NAIROBI, Kenya): IGAD Security Sector Program, through its Security Sector Program (ISSP), successfully concluded a Regional Consultative Seminar…
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High-Level Regional Forum on the IGAD Regional Cooperation and Coordination Mechanism (RCCM) Against Transnational Security Threats (TSTs) Statute and Operationalisation

December 25, 2024
December 17-18, 2024 (MOMBASA, Kenya): The IGAD Security Sector Programme (IGAD SSP), under the Peace and Security Division, convened the…
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IGAD Media Awards 2024: Celebrating Excellence in Journalism and Media in the IGAD Region.

October 25, 2024
Nairobi, Kenya, 23 October 2024 – Nairobi, Kenya, 23 October 2024 – The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in partnership…
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International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism

August 21, 2024
Prioritising civilian lives in the fight against terrorism  As early as 2012, the Madrid Declaration explicitly called on states to…
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IGAD Successfully Concludes the Youth, Peace, and Security Training Workshop on Conflict Prevention, Management, and Resolution (CPMR)

June 21, 2024
June 19-21 2024, in Adama, Ethiopia, the Peace and Security Division successfully concludes the Youth, Peace, and Security Training Workshop…
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Pioneering Visit of IGAD SSP to the Republic of Chile: A Promising South-to-South Cooperation

June 6, 2024
June 6, 2024 (Santiago de Chile): At the invitation of the Embassy of Chile in Ethiopia and the African Union,…
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IGAD SSP Conducted Validation Workshop on the IGAD Statute for the Regional Cooperation and Coordination Mechanism against TSTs

September 6, 2023
31 August 2023, Mombasa-Kenya: The IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) has successfully concluded a two-days regional validation workshop to validate the IGAD…
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IGAD SSP Holds a Regional Follow-up Meeting on The IGAD Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition Frameworks.

July 14, 2023
 July 13, 2023 (BISHOFTU, Ethiopia): The IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) has effectively kicked off a Regional Follow-up Meeting…
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IGAD SSP Holds IGAD Regional Conference on the Existing Cybersecurity Frameworks of all IGAD Member States

July 8, 2023
July 8, 2023 (Mombasa, Kenya): The IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) has successfully concluded a Regional Conference on the…
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IGAD SSP Holds a Ethiopia National Workshop for Federal and Regional Security Sector Officials to Promote Interagency Cooperation and Coordination in Addressing the Transnational Security Threats.

July 4, 2023
July 1, 2023 (BISHOFTU, Ethiopia): The IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) has successfully kicked off a National Workshop for…
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IGAD SSP Holds a Ethiopia National Workshop for Federal and Regional Security Sector Officials to Promote Interagency Cooperation and Coordination in Addressing the Transnational Security Threats

July 1, 2023
July 1, 2023 (BISHOFTU, Ethiopia): The IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) has successfully kicked off a National Workshop for…
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IGAD SSP Trained the Media on Reporting Security matters: Challenges and Implications in addressing Transnational Security Threats

June 9, 2023
June 13, 2023 (BISHOFTU, Ethiopia): GAD’s Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) in close collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
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IGAD SSP Convenes National Criminal Justice Sector and Law-Enforcement Agencies in a Workshop to Enhance Interagency Cooperation and Coordination To Address the Emerging, Evolving, and Existing Transnational Security Threats (EEE-TSTS).

May 17, 2023
May 17, 2023 (BISHOFTU, Ethiopia): IGAD’s Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP), in close collaboration with the Ministry of Justice of…
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IGAD SSP Validates the IGAD Member States’ Criminal Justice Sector Capacity Needs Assessment.

May 17, 2023
May 11, 2023 (ENTEBBE, Uganda):  IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) conducted a three-day regional validation workshop to critically review and…
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Regional and International Legal Frameworks on Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) Promoted and Sensitized

March 24, 2023
March 23, 2023 (NAIROBI, Kenya): IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) has successfully conducted a regional training workshop on regional…
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Ethiopia Inter-University, Research and Policy Institute Seminar on Trafficking in Persons & Smuggling of Migrants Concluded

March 12, 2023
March 10 2023 (Bishoftu, Ethiopia): IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) has successfully conducted a national inter-university, research, and policy…
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Regional Forum on International and Regional Legal Frameworks to Combat the Financing of Terrorism successfully Conducted.

March 3, 2023
March 2, 2023 (Bishoftu, Ethiopia):  About thirty experts and practitioners from the national institutions of all Member States mandated with…
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The IGAD SSP Inter-Ministerial Forum on Transnational Security Threats Successfully Concluded in Kenya

February 8, 2023
5 February 2023, Mombasa, Kenya: The Intergovernmental Authority on Development’s (IGAD’s) Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) successfully concluded a two-day…
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IGAD SSP Conducted a Regional Sensitisation Workshop on Security Threats of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) (drones) and Other Emerging Technologies

December 14, 2022
December 10, 2022 (BISHOFTU, Ethiopia): IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) has successfully conducted a regional sensitization workshop on security…
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IGAD SSP Holds a Regional Training Workshop on Security Sector Reform (SSR) and Disarmament, Demobilisation, and Reintegration (DDR) Policy Frameworks

September 25, 2022
September 22, 2022 (JUBA, South Sudan): The IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) has successfully conducted a Regional Training Workshop…
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IGAD SSP Holds A National Training to Ethiopia Federal Police on Security, Intelligence, and Risk Analysis against Transnational Security Threats (TSTs)

September 1, 2022
28 August 2022 (Sendafa, Ethiopia): The IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) has successfully conducted a six day National Training…
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IGAD SSP Kicked off a National Training on the Nexus between Illegal Migration and Terrorism

July 20, 2022
July 19, 2022 (Djibouti, Djibouti): The Director General of the National Police of Djibouti Colonel Abdourahman Ali Kahin officially opened…
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IGAD SSP Holds a Regional Training on Investigating and Prosecuting Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

July 3, 2022
July 1, 2022 (Entebbe, Uganda): The IGAD Security Sector Program (IGAD SSP) has successfully conducted a five days Regional Training…