IGAD Incapable of Resolving Somali Crisis, Says Analyst

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Heads of State at the Horn of Africa region at a recent IGAD meeting (file)

A Somali political analyst told VOA the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a regional organization, is incapable of resolving the ongoing crisis in Somalia.
Afyare Abdi Elmi, a professor of international affairs at Qatar
University, said there are reasons to believe that Ethiopia is making efforts to inject itself into the ongoing Somali peace process by using IGAD’s mandate to achieve its objective.
“IGAD to me is a very weak regional organization, which is often dominated by the regional power, which is Ethiopia. So, basically, Ethiopia is trying to re-insert itself by using IGA
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