Somali President Arrives in Uganda for Extraordinary IGAD Summit on Row with Ethiopia

Thursday, January 18, 2024
FILE PHOTO: Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during a Reuters interview inside his office at the Presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia May 28, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Mimi Nina Lakhani
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Summary:

  • President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has arrived in Uganda for the IGAD summit on January 18, 2024, called to address the diplomatic tension between Somalia and Ethiopia, sparked by Ethiopia’s agreement with Somaliland. Somalia accuses Ethiopia of “blatant aggression” and violating its territorial integrity.

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has arrived in Uganda ahead of the extraordinary Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) summit.

The IGAD summit takes place on January 18, 2024.

IGAD called for the meeting through Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh to discuss the tension between Somalia and Ethiopia.

Somalia and Ethiopia are in a diplomatic row that started when the latter signed an agreement with Somaliland on January 1.

Somalia accuses Ethiopia of “blatant aggression.”

It also says that Ethiopia is guilty of violating the country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.

IGAD convened the summit specifically to discuss the Ethiopia-Somalia row as well as the situation that’s developing in Sudan.

Reports indicate that Ethiopia might skip the summit.

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I'm Nina, a Kenyan-born Tanzanian. I write about politics, business, investment, oil and gas, and climate. Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya. Daily News Tanzania (Tanzania) | Tuko (Kenya) | Eye Radio (South Sudan) | The Black Examiner (Uganda)
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