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By AFP<\/b><\/p>\n

Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Eritrea resumed its activity in IGAD and took its seat\u201d at a summit organised by the seven-nation bloc in Djibouti on Monday, Meskel said on Twitter. He said the country was ready to work towards \u201cpeace, stability and regional integration.
\nThe authoritarian state suspended its membership of IGAD in 2007 following a string of disagreements, including over the bloc\u2019s decision to ask Kenya to oversee the resolution of a border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea.<\/p>\n

Eritrea broke away from Ethiopia in 1993 and fought a two-year border war with its neighbour which poisoned relations until a peace agreement in 2018.<\/p>\n

Following the rapprochement with Addis Ababa, Eritrean troops supported Ethiopian forces during the federal government\u2019s war against the Tigray People\u2019s Liberation Front (TPLF) and have been accused by the United States and rights groups of some of the conflict\u2019s worst atrocities.<\/p>\n

That war ended with a peace deal signed in November last year that called for the withdrawal of foreign forces, but Asmara was not a party to the agreement and its troops continue to be present in bordering areas of Tigray, according to residents who have accused the soldiers of murder, rape and looting.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s announcement comes after Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki told reporters during a visit to Kenya in February that his country would rejoin IGAD \u201cwith the idea of revitalising this regional organisation.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Isaias, 77, did not attend Monday\u2019s summit in Djibouti, sending Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and Presidential Adviser Yemane Ghebreab to the meeting instead.<\/p>\n

Workneh Gebeyehu, executive secretary of IGAD, hailed Eritrea\u2019s return to the bloc, saying in an official statement: \u201cLet me take this opportunity to welcome back the State of Eritrea to the IGAD family.<\/p>\n

\u201d Dubbed the \u201cNorth Korea\u201d of Africa, Eritrea was sanctioned by the United States in 2021 after sending troops into Tigray.<\/p>\n

In a rare press conference in Kenya earlier this year, Isaias dismissed accusations of severe rights abuses by Eritrean troops in Tigray as \u201cfantasy\u201d.<\/p>\n

Human Rights Watch in February called for fresh sanctions against Eritrea, accusing it of rounding up thousands of people, including minors, for mandatory military service, during the Tigray war. The country sits near the bottom of global rankings for press freedom, as well as human rights, civil liberties and economic development.<\/p>\n

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By AFP Africa-Press – Mauritius. Eritrea resumed its activity in IGAD and took its seat\u201d at a summit organised by the seven-nation bloc in Djibouti on Monday, Meskel said on Twitter. He said the country was ready to work towards \u201cpeace, stability and regional integration. 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