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IGAD Executive Secretary to Attend the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly 

September 16, 2023
September 16, 2023 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), will travel…
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IGAD Executive Secretary Awarded African Achievers Award for Leadership in London

July 15, 2023
July 15, 2023 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): The Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is delighted to announce that our…
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1st IGAD Quartet Ministerial Meeting on the Situation in the Republic of Sudan

June 20, 2023
On Monday, 19th June 2023, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the IGAD Quartet Group of Countries chaired in accordance…
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IGAD Condemns Terrorist Attack at Uganda School

June 18, 2023
June 18, 2023 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): Intergovernmental Authority on Development Condemns Terrorist Attack at Lhubirira Secondary School in Kasese District, Uganda.…
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14th Ordinary Session of the IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government to Convene in Djibouti on 12 June 2023

June 10, 2023
June 10, 2023 (DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is pleased to announce that the 14th Ordinary…
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IGAD Summit of Heads of State and Government

June 7, 2023
MEDIA ADVISORY   Venue: Kempinski Hotel, Djibouti Time: 10.00 hours – 14:00 hours (East African Time/UTC+03:00)   June 7, 2023…
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Statement of the IGAD Executive Secretary on the Sudan Ceasefire Talks in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

May 7, 2023
May 7, 2023 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, is closely…
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IGAD Receives Update on President Salva Kiir’s Sudan Ceasefire and Mediation Efforts.

April 27, 2023
April 27, 2023 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, the President of the Republic of South Sudan and the lead…
IGAD Land governance press release
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Statement of IGAD on the unfolding security situation in Sudan

April 15, 2023
April 15, 2023 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Dr Workneh Gebeyehu is extremely…
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IGAD Commends Uganda for Successfully Containing Ebola Outbreak

January 12, 2023
January 12, 2023 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, is delighted…
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South Sudan: IGAD Calls for De-Escalation of Tension and Violence in Upper Nile

December 26, 2022
December 26, 2022 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti) The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Dr Workneh Gebeyehu is extremely…
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Trilateral Mechanism Statement on the Signing of a Political Framework Agreement

December 5, 2022
December 5, 2022: The Trilateral Mechanism- United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), African Union (AU), and the…
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The 48th IGAD Council of Ministers Successfully Concluded in Khartoum, Sudan

December 1, 2022
November 30, 2022 (KHARTOUM, Sudan) The 48th Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Council of Ministers session concluded successfully in Khartoum,…
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Ethiopia: IGAD Executive Secretary Congratulates Parties to the Conflict on the Signing of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement

November 2, 2022
November 2, 2022 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, congratulates the…
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IGAD Calls for Swift Response to the Uganda Ebola Outbreak

September 27, 2022
September 27, 2022 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Dr Workneh Gebeyehu is following the…
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IGAD Welcomes Ethiopia Parties Commitment to Ceasefire and Mediation

September 12, 2022
September 12, 2022 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, is following…
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IGAD Welcomes the Graduation of the First Batch of the South Sudan Unified Forces

September 2, 2022
September 1, 2022 (Djibouti, Djibouti): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) wishes to congratulate the Revitalised Transitional Government of National…
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IGAD Executive Secretary Call for Immediate Cessation of Hostilities.

August 24, 2022
August 24, 2022 (Djibouti, Djibouti) The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Dr Workneh Gebeyehu is profoundly…
Peace and SecurityPRESS RELEASE

Preliminary Statement of the IGAD Election Observation Mission to the 9 August 2022 General Elections in Kenya

August 11, 2022
I. Introduction of IGAD EOM: At the invitation of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of the Republic of…
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H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome, Head of IGAD Election Observation Mission and former President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on the occasion of the departure of observers to deployment sites

August 8, 2022
Distinguished Members of the Media, I thank you for honouring our invitation to come and attend this press conference that…
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IGAD election observers depart for deployment sites

August 7, 2022
August 7, 2022 (NAIROBI, Kenya) : H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome, Head of the IGAD short-term Election Observation Mission (IGADEOM) to…
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Joint pre-election statement on the 9 August 2022 elections in Kenya

August 5, 2022
We, the Heads of the international election observation and expert missions in Kenya, have been following preparations for the 9…
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Head of IGAD Election Observation Mission H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome arrives in Kenya

August 2, 2022
August 2, 2022, (NAIROBI, Kenya): H.E. Dr. Mulatu Teshome, former president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has arrived…
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IGAD Executive Secretary Calls for Calm on the Ethiopia–Sudan Border Tension

June 29, 2022
June 29, 2022 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, expresses his…
IGAD Ministerial Meeting on Ongoing Drought
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IGAD Ministerial Meeting on Ongoing Drought

May 18, 2022
May 13, 2022 (Nairobi, Kenya): Today, a high-level ministerial meeting on the on-going drought in the IGAD region took place…
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IGAD Executive Secretary Congratulates the New President of Somalia

May 16, 2022
May 16, 2022 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti) - The Executive Secretary of IGAD, Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, has congratulated H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud…
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IGAD Statement On The Ethiopia Humanitarian Truce

March 25, 2022
IGAD Statement on the Ethiopia Humanitarian Truce   March 25, 2022 (Djibouti, Djibouti): The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on…