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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…
PRESS RELEASEThe Executive Secretary

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…
PRESS RELEASEThe Executive Secretary

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…
PRESS RELEASEThe Executive Secretary

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…
PRESS RELEASEThe Executive Secretary

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…
PRESS RELEASEThe Executive Secretary

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…
Peace and SecurityPRESS RELEASE

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…
Peace and SecurityPRESS RELEASE

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…
IGAD Official Press Release
PRESS RELEASEThe Executive Secretary

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…
IGAD Official Press Release
PRESS RELEASEThe Executive Secretary

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…
IGAD Press statement
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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…
IGAD Accredited in the Kingdom of Belgium
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IGAD Accredited in the Kingdom of Belgium

February 16, 2022
  February 11, 2022 (Brussels, Belgium): Today in a colourful ceremony held at the the Belgian Federal Public Service of…
joint statement by IGAD Executive Secretary and FAO subregional coordinator
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Three-Day Capacity Building Workshop Concludes With A Road Map For Enhancing Intergovernmental Relations And Systems In Somalia’s Federal Structure

December 16, 2021
December 2, 2021 (Bishoftu, Ethiopia): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) organized a first of its kind three-day workshop on Intergovernmental…
joint statement by IGAD Executive Secretary and FAO subregional coordinator
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IGAD Strongly Deplores Heinous Terrorist Attack In Mogadishu

December 16, 2021
November 25, 2021 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, strongly condemns the…
joint statement by IGAD Executive Secretary and FAO subregional coordinator
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Statement Of IGAD Executive Secretary on the Sudan Agreement to Restore Transition to Civilian Rule

December 16, 2021
November 21, 2021(DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): The Executive Secretary of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) welcomes today’s agreement by the military to…
joint statement by IGAD Executive Secretary and FAO subregional coordinator
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IGAD and FAO Call for Urgent Actions to Mitigate the Impacts of Drought Across the Horn of Africa

December 16, 2021
PRESS STATEMENT A joint statement by the IGAD Executive Secretary, Dr Workneh Gebeyehu (PhD) and the FAO Subregional Coordinator for…
joint statement by IGAD Executive Secretary and FAO subregional coordinator
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Food Insecurity Persists in the IGAD Region

December 16, 2021
PRESS RELEASE September 21, 2021 Nairobi, Kenya: An estimated 31.4 million people across the IGAD region were classified in crisis or worse…