Workeneh Gebeyehu is formally confirmed as Executive Secretary of IGAD while Sudan is elected as chairman replacing Ethiopia
borkena
November 29, 2019
The 13th meeting of leaders of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member countries took place in Addis Ababa on Friday. It happened a day after the 47th regular meeting of ministers which discussed structural issues of the organization, and geopolitical activities in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Area.
Sudan is elected as chairman of the organization, according to a report by state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporation (FBC). Ethiopia was chairing the Horn of African countries Organization.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed reportedly extended gratitude for member countries for putting on their trust in Ethiopia to lead the organization for several years.
He remarked that member countries have been productive in crisis management and conflict resolution in recent years. He also hailed the contribution of member countries for the effort made to foster peace and development work in the region.
Former Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Workneh Gebyehu, is officially confirmed as executive secretary replacing Kenya’s Mahboub Maalim.
IGAD was established in 1996 “to succeed the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development that was founded in 1986 to deal with issues related to drought and desertification in the Horn Africa,” according to UNECA report.
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Uganda are member countries. The organization is headquartered in the Republic of Djibouti.
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