AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoEthiopia Election Watch: Ahead of Ethiopia’s June 1 vote, IGAD deployed an Election Observation Mission and met the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission to discuss monitoring, complaints handling, and rights protection. Regional Health Security: IGAD also launched a $31.9m pandemic preparedness project (PREPARE) to strengthen cross-border surveillance, labs, and emergency workforce capacity across Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. Medical Tourism Push: Ethiopia says it wants to become a Horn of Africa medical tourism hub by upgrading tertiary care and using AI diagnostics, citing growing patient flows from Somalia, Djibouti and northern Kenya. Somaliland Tensions: Somaliland’s president accused Somalia and Djibouti of interference amid its deepening ties with Israel, as Arab and Islamic states—including Djibouti—condemned a planned “embassy” in occupied Jerusalem. Maritime Security: The IMO-backed Djibouti Code of Conduct warned Somali piracy is “suppressed, but not eradicated,” pointing to the continued detention of the Palau-flagged tanker MT Honour 25 and urging renewed coordination. Development Finance: Africa’s finance leaders unveiled frameworks to close a roughly $400bn annual financing gap, with pilots including Djibouti.
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