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It was great pleasure to meet with H.E. Muhamud Ali (Abshiro) Governor of Marasbit county. Our discussion focused on the incredible work that IGAD is doing in the Region Under the leadership of @DrWorkneh Especially on the Sololo-Miyo Corridor of the cross-border and of the #Moyale Cross Boarder!
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Today at the IGAD mission I welcome H.E Mr Pekka Haavisto Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General on Sudan 🇸🇩. We discussed the current challenges in the region and how to scale up our efforts in support of the Sudanese people and to achieve a unified goals alongside the Quads and Quintet members.
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On the margin of #UNGA81 session, I had pleasure of engaging briefly with African Union chairperson H.E @ymahmoudali . I shared my vision and interest for the position of the #African Union Youth envoy, to better transform the voice of young people across the African continent. #UNGA81
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IGAD Executive Secretary H.E. @DrWorkneh is in Ali-Sabieh and Ali-Addeh, Djibouti, to inaugurate and hand over transformative infrastructure developed under the Regional Migration Fund.
Together with Djibouti’s Minister of Decentralisation and funding partners from the German Government and KfW, the Executive Secretary is unveiling a EUR 10 million investment that will expand economic opportunities, strengthen skills development and improve essential services for more than 6,000 refugees and members of host communities.
This is regional cooperation delivering tangible impact where it matters most—in people’s lives.
#RisingWithIGAD
#TakingIGADtoThePeople
#OneRegionOnefuture
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Honoured to open the foundations and development partners meeting. Peace in the Region will not be built by one institution alone. #RESTGLR represents the shared attempt to turn economic potential into resilience, stability and opportunity for millions across the region.
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📍Moyale, Kenya | 🗓️3-4 September 2026
ICPALD has convened a stakeholder meeting in Marsabit, Kenya (Moyale Cluster) to establish a sub-national coordination committee.
This initiative unites government stakeholders and the Marsabit pastoral communities to operationalize the IGAD Transhumance Protocol, strengthen cross border coordination, peaceful pastoral mobility, and regional collaboration.
Participants are formalizing a sub-national coordination committee with inclusive governance mandates. Key focus areas include identifying structural gaps, sensitizing members on the IGAD Protocol, and developing tracking systems in line with the Protocol.
**funded by the EU
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IGAD training for #Media personnel at #Policy and field #Journalists to Champion Free Movement of Persons in IGAD Region for #protection of citizens, #trade and #investment , social cohesion and #culture , #tourism , access to #Education #Healthcare #PanAfricanism . – at Wakiso, Uganda
📣 Equipping Media to Champion Free Movement and Labour Mobility
📍 Entebbe, Uganda 🇺🇬 | 24–26 August 2026
The @IGADsecretariat, with support from @addisilo and @UEaDjibouti, today launched a regional training for media and communication professionals from IGAD Member States to strengthen reporting and advocacy on free movement of persons, labour mobility and regional integration.
The three-day training aims to strengthen media capacity to accurately report on free movement, labour mobility and regional integration across the IGAD region.
Representing the Director of Health and Social Development, Mme. @LucyDaxbacher, Action Coordinator for the Free Movement Protocol, urged the media elevate human stories behind free movement and labour migration, challenge misinformation, and promote greater regional integration.
#IGADMigration #IGADFreeMovement
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📍 Entebbe, Uganda 🇺🇬 | 24 August 2026
📢 Session 2 | IGAD Protocol on Free Movement of Persons
Ms. @LucyDaxbacher, Senior Programme Coordinator for the Support to Free Movement of Persons Project within the IGAD Health and Social Development Division, led a session on the IGAD Protocol on Free Movement of Persons and the regional integration agenda.
Key topics included:
▪️ Background and objectives
▪️ Key provisions
▪️ Rights and responsibilities
▪️ Ratification, domestication and implementation
#IGAD #FreeMovement #RegionalIntegration #Migration
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Realizing a connected, prosperous Africa requires looking at our borders differently—not as barriers, but as corridors of opportunity.
@UNDP presence at the #ABORNE2026 reinforces the ambition for economic integration and shared prosperity. #RegionalIntegration #Frontiereconomy
As the #ABORNE2026 Conference kicks off in Lagos, Nigeria, our participation highlights our commitment to transforming #borderlands into resilient economic corridors that drive trade, spur inclusive growth, and build connected frontier economies.
#RegionalIntegration
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As the #ABORNE2026 Conference kicks off in Lagos, Nigeria, our participation highlights our commitment to transforming #borderlands into resilient economic corridors that drive trade, spur inclusive growth, and build connected frontier economies.
#RegionalIntegration
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Strengthening for the Implementation of #HEPRR Project | #IGADHealth
📍Kigali, Rwanda
Earlier today, the Director of Health and Social Development, Amb. Moussa @meigague, met with Prof. Dr. @CMuvunyi, Director General of the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (@RBCRwanda), which hosts the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Programme (#HEPRRP) in Rwanda.
The Directors discussed ways to strengthen collaboration between IGAD Health Programmes and #RBC under @RwandaHealth, including IGAD’s technical assistance in implementing #HEPRR Programme activities in Rwanda.
The @IGADSecretariat and @ECSA_HC serve as the regional coordinating organizations for the @WorldBankGroup-funded HEPRR Programme across Eastern and Southern Africa.
#HEPRRPUpdates
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📍 Advancing Cross-Border Health Emergency Preparedness in East and Southern Africa | #HEPRRPUpdates
Under the @WorldBank-supported Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Resilience Programme (#HEPRRP), the engagement is advancing technical and legal review of the draft Regional Cross-Border MoU, bringing it closer to endorsement by Ministers of Health.
The @IGADSecretariat has kicked off a three-day National Advocacy Meeting in Burundi for policymakers on the proposed Cross-Border Health MOU, aimed at strengthening health emergency preparedness and response.
Opening the engagement, @FideleDr, the Minister of Health, @msp_burundi emphasized that no country can achieve health security in isolation, stressing that rapid diagnosis, timely information sharing and responsive action are critical to saving lives during health emergencies.
Speaking on behalf of the Director, @IGADHealthS, Dr. Waqo noted that the regional agenda prioritizes strengthening mechanisms that enable countries to prepare together, rapidly share information and coordinate responses to public health threats along and across their borders.
#IGADHealth
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Honored to lead the #IGAD Member States Experts and @IGADHealthS Delegation to @NIRA_Ug and @DCICUg , learn along and capture lessons for further planning and implementation of citizen identity management and Integrated Border Management measures foe safe, orderly and regular migration governance. Citizen registration citizen identity, travel document management and effective border governance are foundational to facilitating a regime of free movement of persons in IGAD Region. – at Kampala, Uganda
IGAD Delegation lauds Uganda in a learning visit mission to NIRA
A high-level learning mission from the @IGADsecretariat has reaffirmed Uganda's growing reputation as a regional leader in identity management, civil registration and immigration systems.
The delegation, comprising IGAD and representatives from member states visited NIRA to learn from Uganda's experiences and best practices in citizen identity management. The mission forms part of IGAD's efforts to support the implementation of the Free Movement of Persons Protocol, a key pillar of regional integration aimed at facilitating safe cross-border mobility, labour movement and economic growth among member states.
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True regional security is not built on walls, but on the bridges of cooperation we construct between our institutions.
Today in Sandafa, I joined Commissioner General Demelash Gebremichael to sign an MoU between IGAD and the Ethiopian Police University. This partnership will offer our regional law enforcement officers and agencies tuition-free access to advanced training in forensics, cyber-investigation, and counter-terrorism.
By investing in our officers, we are building a unified defense force that ensures a safer, more resilient future for the entire Horn of Africa.
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Every young person in our continent deserves a voice. A voice of reason, a voice of hope and above all a leader that listen, cares and delivers. That’s why I am stepping forward to be the next @_AfricanUnion youth envoy. For all 880 million of our youth!
@ymahmoudali @DrWorkneh @NuursViews @FatumaIAdan @adoniaayebare @GHessebon @SMHaderaAbera @ErgogieTesfaye @DibeKuluAlemK @CGZerihunDXB @AUC_PAPS @AUYouthProgram
The Call for Applications for the next #AUYouthEnvoy is officially OPEN!
Do you have the vision, passion, and leadership to represent over 400 million young Africans and help shape the future of the continent?
Here is your chance jobs.au.int/job/African-Unio…
#AfricaYouthLead
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On behalf of the IGAD Executive Secretary, H.E. @DrWorkneh Gebeyehu, I was honored to officially launch the synchronized cross-border vaccination program against priority Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs) in both Dugo Location (Wajir County, Kenya) and Baadyare Village (Moyale District, Ethiopia). This historic initiative marks a major milestone for regional integration and pastoralist livelihoods under our mandate, aiming to vaccinate 2.7 million livestock by the end of the cycle—with 700,000 animals already protected. Notably, history was made in Wajir County with the first-ever rollout of the Foot & Mouth Disease (#FMD) vaccine, reaching over 34,500 cattle so far.
As local Elders Hajj Isaak Abdow and Hajj Abdinasir Mohamed powerfully reminded us, our pastoralist communities face mounting challenges from emerging diseases, making sustained support and prolonged vaccination drives vital to ensuring no livestock are left behind. Diseases do not recognize borders, and neither should our interventions. A profound thank you to all our development partners for making this collaborative, cross-border reality possible as we work together under Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu’s leadership to secure the health and economic wealth of our communities.
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📍Kenya |🗓️25 June 2026
Event: Launch of the synchronized cross-border #vaccinationprogram against priority #TADs in Dugo Location, Bute Division of Wajir North Sub-County, Wajir County, Kenya.
This kicks off the extended exercise which targets to vaccinate a total of 2.7 million livestock by the end of the vaccination cycle. So far 700,000 livestock have been vaccinated.
🎯For the first time Foot & Mouth Disease #FMD vaccination has been done in Wajir County with over 34,500 cattle vaccinated so far.
**activity funded by EU under Pastoralism and Livestock Adaptation to Climate Change in Eastern Africa (PLACE) project
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📍Ethiopia |🗓️24 June 2026
Event: Launch of the synchronized cross-border #vaccinationprogram against priority #TADs in Baadyare Village, Kalkacha Kebele, Moyale District in Ethiopia.
Elders Hajj Isaak Abdow & Hajj Abdinasir Mohamed on behalf of the community said, "As livestock keepers we are going through some challenges. Sometimes there's outbreak of diseases and these days the diseases are even unknown. We are appealing, as communities, for your support in this journey so that we walk together to protect our livestock against diseases. Today's vaccination is a milestone for us as communities. A prolonged vaccination is what we want, where no livestock are left behind".
**activity funded by EU under Pastoralism and Livestock Adaptation to Climate Change in Eastern Africa (PLACE) project
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Video Highlights: IGAD Bids Farewell to Germany’s Ambassador
#IGAD Executive Secretary, H.E. @DrWorkneh bid farewell to H.E. Dr. Heike Fuller, outgoing Ambassador of the Federal Republic of #Germany to the Republic of Djibouti and Permanent Representative to IGAD.
The Executive Secretary commended Ambassador Fuller’s contribution to strengthening IGAD–Germany cooperation, particularly through initiatives that have supported migrants and vulnerable communities across the region.
#OneRegionOneFuture
#RisingWithIGAD