{"id":944,"date":"2020-12-21T19:15:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T19:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ethiopia\/?p=944"},"modified":"2020-12-21T19:15:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T19:15:39","slug":"igad-summit-uhuru-in-djibouti-over-somalia-spat-ethiopia-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/igad-summit-uhuru-in-djibouti-over-somalia-spat-ethiopia-conflict","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;IGAD summit&#8217;: Uhuru in Djibouti over Somalia spat, Ethiopia conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press Ethiopia<\/p>\n<p>President Uhuru Kenyatta flew to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development leaders\u2019 meeting in Djibouti on Sunday with hopes of solving regional troubles that are pulling them back amid COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Among the issues the leaders will discuss will be Ethiopia internal conflict, border conflict between Ethiopia and Sudan and Kenya\u2019s diplomatic spat with Somalia.<\/p>\n<p>Uhuru is among those who arrived in Djibouti on Sunday ahead of the scheduled meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Somalia\u2019s Mohamed Farmajo arrived there on Saturday alongside Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok who is the IGAD chairman and African Union Commission chairman Mousa Faki.<\/p>\n<p>IGAD is a body comprising seven countries in the Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The regional organisation based in Djibouti supports its member states in their manifold development efforts, especially in the areas of peace processes and food security.<\/p>\n<p>Members include Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>Already the Covid-19 pandemic has battered the member states and the conflict is now worsening the situation in the countries.<\/p>\n<p>Somalia had last week written a letter to the regional authority asking it to mediate the ongoing stalemate. Kenya has denied claims by Somalia.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the Somalia Ministry of Foreign affairs revealed Hamdock had called the meeting in an attempt to strike consensus between the two neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press Ethiopia President Uhuru Kenyatta flew to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development leaders\u2019 meeting in Djibouti on Sunday with hopes of solving regional troubles that are pulling them back amid COVID-19 pandemic. 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