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      The Intergovernmental Authority on  Development (IGAD) in Eastern Africa was created in 1996 to supersede the  Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD) which was  founded in 1986. The recurring and severe droughts and other natural disasters  between 1974 and 1984 caused widespread famine, ecological degradation and  economic hardship in the Eastern Africa region. Although individual countries  made substantial efforts to cope with the situation and received generous  support from the international community, the magnitude and extent of the  problem argued strongly for a regional approach to supplement national efforts.

      In 1983 and 1984, six countries in  the Horn of Africa - Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda -  took action through the United Nations to establish an intergovernmental body  for development and drought control in their region. The Assembly of Heads of  State and Government met in Djibouti in January 1986 to sign the Agreement  which officially launched IGADD with Headquarters in Djibouti. The State of  Eritrea became the seventh member after attaining independence in 1993.
         
      In April 1995 in Addis Ababa, the Assembly of Heads of State and Government  made a Declaration to revitalise IGADD and expand cooperation among member  states. On 21 March 1996 in Nairobi the Assembly of Heads of State and  Government signed 'Letter of Instrument to Amend the IGADD Charter /  Agreement" establishing the revitalised IGAD with a new name " The  Intergovernmental Authority on Development". The Revitalised IGAD, with  expanded areas of regional cooperation and a new organisational structure, was  launched by the IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government on 25 November  1996 in Djibouti, the Republic of Djibouti. 
       

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      AUC Chairperson convened RECs, RMs & AUDA-NEPAD
      14 May 2025

      H.E. @ymahmoudali, Chairperson of the AU Commission, convened RECs, RMs & AUDA-NEPAD, urging enhanced coordination with the AUC & among RECs.

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      Speech by H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, at the Italy – Africa Summit: A Bridge for Common Growth
      H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat: Italy-Africa Summit Speech
      29 January 2024

      Honourable Giorgia Meloni, President of the Council of Ministers of Italy,

      Excellencies, Heads of State and Government and Heads of Delegation,

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      The Opening remarks of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat at the 42nd Extraordinary Assembly of IGAD Heads of State and Government In Uganda
      Opening remarks by AU Commission at the 42nd Extraordinary Assembly of IGAD
      18 January 2024

      Excellency Ismael Oumar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, Chairman of IGAD

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      Communiqué of The 2nd Meeting of The IGAD Quartet Group of Countries for The Resolution of The Situation In The Republic of Sudan
      IGAD Communiqué on The Situation In The Republic of Sudan
      6 September 2023

      On Wednesday, 6th September 2023, the Heads of State and Government of the IGAD Quartet Group of Countries met in Nairobi, Republic of Kenya on the margins of the 2023 Africa Climate Summit to take

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      Communiqué of the Teleconference Meeting of the Bureau of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government with Chairpersons of the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) of the African Union Held on 29 April 2020
      Communiqué: Meeting of AU Bureau of Assembly of HoSG with Chairs of AU RECs
      29 April 2020

      His Excellency, President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa, and Chairperson of the African Union (AU) convened a teleconference Meeting of the Bureau of the Assembly of AU H

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      4th Extra Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of t
      30 January 2016

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