Djibouti feeling sidelined, makes hard tackle for Igad leadership

Igad executive secretary, Mahboub Maalim. He was supposed to retire in 2016 after two four-year terms. FLE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya and Ethiopia are under intense pressure to relinquish the leadership of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, which they have dominated for the past eleven years.

Djibouti, which has been eyeing the position of the executive secretary complains that the two countries have dominated the leadership of the development and security regional organisation and have allegedly swayed most decisions in the eight-member body in their favour.