Abiy Ahmed met with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh to discuss the growing issues of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). In a recent meeting of IGAD leaders in Addis Ababa, it was decided that Ethiopia and Kenya should exchange the IGAD chairperson and IGAD secretary-general. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is the current IGAD chairperson. For its part, Kenya will concede the role of IGAD secretary-general position, currently held by Mahboub Maalim, a Kenyan, to an Ethiopian. The Somali Federal Government has also previously sought the position of IGAD secretary-general and backed a plan to appoint its former foreign minister, Abdullahi Omar, to the position.

Source: Ethiopian News October 20, 2019 17:37 UTC