Somalia To Host IGAD Heads Of State Meeting This Month

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Somalia To Host IGAD Heads Of State Meeting This Month

Somalia will host the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) heads of state Summit in Mogadishu on 10th of September.

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Somalia will host the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) heads of state Summit in Mogadishu on 10th of September.

This will be the first since Somalia has experienced two decades of civil war and instability.

This will also be the second high international level meeting Somalia is hosting since 1985.

Addressing the press in the capital of Kenya, Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdisalan Omar Hadliye said the presidents of Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, Djibouti, South Sudan, and Ethiopian Prime Minister will be among the leaders attending the summit.

The leaders are expected to discuss support of peace and development in Somalia.

Minister Hadliye noted that the conference will encourage international delegates to come to Somalia.

Last year, foreign ministers from seven countries in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) met in the Somali capital for the first time in nearly 25 years .

The group’s talks focused on political and security progress made in Somalia, as well as the anticipated elections this year.

The 22,000 strong AU force is mandated to assist the federal government in its war against the terror group Al-Shabaab.