Uganda capital Kampala is currently hosting a critical high level meeting of the eight member states of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
The meeting is aimed at discussing challenges and solutions to cross-border conflicts in the Horn of Africa region.
It’s being held under the sidelines of IGAD’s Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) committee.
Although the Democratic Republic of Congo is not a member of the IGAD, officials admitted yesterday that recent hostilities in the country, which borders Uganda to the west, would be up for discussion – given the vast effects such conflicts have on regional peace and stability.
Dr Martin Kimani, the CEWARN director, told reporters that IGAD “is looking towards the conflict because it is causing insecurity in member states.”
Envoys representing member states from Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Sudan, Eritrea, South Sudan and host Uganda, observed a minute of silence in honour of former Ethiopian leader, Meles Zenawi, who at the time of his death on August 20, was IGAD chairperson.
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