Igad gives Sudan warring parties 14 days to find resolution
Heads of state and officials pose for a group photo during the 42nd Extraordinary session of the Igad meeting in Entebbe, Uganda on January 19, 2024. PHOTO | PCS
The 42nd Extraordinary Assembly of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) meeting in Entebbe on January 18 asked Sudan’s warring parties to meet and talk and resolve the conflicts in 14 days and directed Ethiopia to withdraw from the sea deal with Somaliland.
The summit hosted by Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni and presided over by Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti and chairperson of Igad Heads of State, was also attended by President William Ruto of Kenya, Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia, Salva Kiir of South Sudan, as well as representatives from the African Union, the United Nations, the League of Arab States, the European Union, and the United States.
