Eritrea just bounced from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development after accusing the East African bloc of working against member states like itself, and the foreign ministry said the organization stopped caring about its original mission. The country claims IGAD favors Ethiopia during regional beefs, and tensions between Asmara and Addis Ababa have been heating up over Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's demand for Red Sea access through Eritrean territory.
Eritrea bailed on the group once before, back in 2007, during a border war with Ethiopia that killed over 100,000 people, and they only came back recently. Igad fired back, saying Eritrea never showed up to meetings or pitched any actual reform ideas since rejoining.
The whole situation looks sketchy because a former Ethiopian foreign minister runs IGAD right now, and Eritrea cut ties with Djibouti, where the headquarters sits. People have been calling out the bloc for years over its failure to stabilize the Horn of Africa region.
Eritrea bailed on the group once before, back in 2007, during a border war with Ethiopia that killed over 100,000 people, and they only came back recently. Igad fired back, saying Eritrea never showed up to meetings or pitched any actual reform ideas since rejoining.
The whole situation looks sketchy because a former Ethiopian foreign minister runs IGAD right now, and Eritrea cut ties with Djibouti, where the headquarters sits. People have been calling out the bloc for years over its failure to stabilize the Horn of Africa region.
